Document Summary

A paper from a senior Treasury civil servant on the options for the successor to Railtrack.

This document was published on 31st July 2001 by HM Treasury.

It was written by Shriti Vadera.

The original document format was PDF File, and comprised 6 pages.The original document can be found here.

This document was kindly sourced from Railtrack Private Shareholders Action Group and is in our Notices memos & forms collection. It was added to the Archive on 12th June 2005.

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20th October 2000
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3rd November 2000
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23rd January 2001
Train Derailment At Hatfield: Second HSE Interim Report

5th July 2001
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30th July 2001
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31st July 2001
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31st July 2001
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23rd August 2001
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29th August 2001
Email - re: Ariel

29th August 2001
Email - Re: Ariel

4th September 2001
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14th September 2001
Email - Ariel treatment of lenders

16th September 2001
Email - Re: Update on Railtrack

18th September 2001
Email - Draft Minute

19th September 2001
Railtrack - Speaking Note

19th September 2001
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20th September 2001
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21st September 2001
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24th September 2001
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26th September 2001
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2nd October 2001
Email: Ariel Update

6th October 2001
DfT Notes of Meeting Held on 5 October 2001 between Stephen Byers and Tim Winsor

6th October 2001
DfT Notes of Meeting Held with the Chairman of Railtrack on 5 October 2001

6th October 2001
ORR Notes of Meeting on 5 October 2001 with the Secretary of State for Transport

6th October 2001
Telephone note between Rail Regulator and Railtrack PLC

7th October 2001
DTLR Press Release 07.10.2001

10th October 2001
Note of meeting between Rail Regulator and DfT's Permanent Secretary

11th October 2001
DTLR Press Release 11.10.2001

12th October 2001
DfT Statement on Meeting Between Stephen Byers and Railtrack on 12 October 2001

23rd October 2001
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31st October 2001
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8th November 2001
Notes of Regulator's Meeting 7 November 2001

25th February 2002
Concordat between the Strategic Rail Authority and the Office of the Rail Regulator

8th March 2002
Private Eye No. 1049 - Byers Confesses

August 2002
Hatfield Derailment Investigation: Interim Recommendations Of The Investigation Board

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