Gauge of success: the UK rail network is going through one of the most troubled periods in its history, but the man in charge of the infrastructure has a vision for its future development. (Business).

Engineering,  October, 2002  by Ward, Jonathan

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IN the week that Railtrack emerged from administration and was immediately dissolved to be transformed into its not-for-profit replacement--Network Rail, the company's chief executive gave UK engineers an opportunity to see the strategies now in place to deliver a successful network in the years to come.

Speaking at the Royal Academy of Engineering's annual Hinton Lecture, John Armitt, (below) an engineer himself who has been in charge of the organisation since December 2001, after a career in the industry that involved such significant rail successes as the building of the Channel ...

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