Examples of Network Rail in a sentence
Network Rail notes that there was a derailment at Watford Tunnel a few years back – with works undertaken which were not notified to Network Rail to the cutting slope.
Network Rail notes that the proposal includes use of the west side of the site and therefore there is a risk of road vehicle incursion (rvi) on to the railway.
In response the applicant has confirmed that there are no proposed works to the west side of the site within 12 metres of the Network Rail fence line and that a Heras style fence will be erected along this exclusion line to ensure no vehicular or pedestrian incursion.
They have also confirmed that all drainage will be down to either the River Gade or pond/wetland area in the lower field, 20m lower than the Network Rail fence.
In light of the previous derailment, it is essential that all hard standings be they permanent or temporary have positive drainage falls away from the railway and drained away from Network Rail infrastructure to avoid a repeat incident.