Network Rail loses sole control of track maintenance

The Government has started to strip full control of rail maintenance from Network Rail to hand it to railway operators.
Transport secretary Chris Grayling today said he wanted the publicly-owned Network Rail to share responsibility for running the tracks with private train operators.
Under plans announced today track maintenance will also now be undertaken by Virgin and Southern for the first time.
He believes the plan will incentivise the private operators, which rely on the tracks being i