Network Rail fined £1m
Network Rail has been fined £1 million by Chelmsford Crown Court for breaching health and safety laws at a level crossing where two teenage girls were killed.
Rail boss allocated bonus funds to safety campaign
Speaking in February, Network Rail chief executive Sir David Higgins said: "I and my directors decided last week that we would forego any entitlement and instead allocate the money to the safety improvement fund for level crossings."
His company will be sentenced later today for breaching health and safety laws at a level crossing where two teenage girls were killed.
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