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£14m fine for rail disruption

Updated on 28 February 2008

By James Blake

Network Rail, which runs Britain's rail network, is hit with a £14m fine for engineering work overruns over Christmas.

The fine is a record for the rail regulator. But the publicly owned company has warned passengers to expect further disruption this summer.

And it says without more delays it won't meet a deadline to improve the west coast main line.

Critics have said the fine is pointless because the £14m will end up in the treasury's coffers rather than being spent improvements to the network.

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