Joomla! site syndication http://railsuppliesdirect.co.uk 2008-07-05T04:06:54+01:00 http://railsuppliesdirect.co.uk http://railsuppliesdirect.co.uk/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png text/html 2008-06-06T21:11:16+01:00 http://railsuppliesdirect.co.uk http://railsuppliesdirect.co.uk/content/view/93/2/ Network Rail has announced annual pre-tax profit of £1.6bn for 2007/08.and has said staff will receive total bonuses of £55m. The chief executive of Network Rail has received a bonus of over £500,000 only weeks after the company was fined a record £14 million for the Christmas disruption on the railways caused by overrunning engineering works. Iain Coucher has been paid an annual bonus of £306,000 plus an additional bonus of £205,000 under the company’s long-term incentive plan. With his salary of £585,000, his total pay this year will exceed £1million despite missing targets for punctuality and financial efficiency. Read More > (http://railsuppliesdirect.co.uk/content/view/93/90/) text/html 2008-04-23T11:09:29+01:00 http://railsuppliesdirect.co.uk http://railsuppliesdirect.co.uk/content/view/84/2/ Helicopter patrols reducce cable theft costs. The use of high-visibility patrols and new technology have played a significant role in helping to reduce delays to rail passengers caused by cable thefts on the East Coast Main Line. Network Rail's figures show a reduction in delays on the route from 205,000 minutes in 2006/07 to 151,000 in 2007/08.