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NR should spend £2 billion less in 2014-2019 than it proposed
Network Rail faces £2 billion cut

The company that runs Britain’s rail network has been told it needs to spend £2 billion less than it had proposed over the next five years.

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Freight companies are set to have to pay more to run their trains
Rail freight braced for higher charges

The rail freight sector should brace itself for increased track access charges after the chair of the Office for Rail Regulation (ORR) claimed that it repays less than a third of the costs it creates on the network.