Mark Carne, who stood down as Network Rail chief this summer, received a CBE at a Buckingham Palace for services to the rail industry. The Office of Rail and Road said NR’s punctuality and reliab­ility had hit “low­­est levels since the current five-year control period began in 2014”. The regulator blamed the new timetable and extreme weather and ordered NR to raise its game and deliver an action plan within three months. (Image: PA)ORR’s John Larkinson said: “The evidence we’ve collected suggests NR is failing to take all reasonable steps to effectively manage performance and recover from incidents on its network. Andrew Haines, his NR successor, said: “We take responsibility for the part we played in poor train service reliability.”

Source: Daily Mirror November 29, 2018 23:02 UTC