Blame game begins for rail bosses - Telegraph

Blame game begins for rail bosses - Telegraph: "Two high-profile figures are in the frame over the shambles that has blighted the railway system.

One is John Armitt, 61, who was the chief executive of Network Rail until he retired last July. Urbane and popular, he set the strategy to implement the improvement programme that has inflicted so much misery on the travelling public.
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He had been credited for the recovery of the rail industry after the Railtrack debacle.

Now the inability of Network Rail to deliver a project on time will raise alarm in Whitehall, given that his new task is to make sure that London is ready for the 2012 Olympics.

Mr Armitt passed the baton on to Iain Coucher, 46, in the summer, who is far more abrasive, according to insiders. Ultimately, he will be held responsible for the shambles that occurred on his watch.

Last night Network Rail was blaming the poor project management by contractors.

But a spokesman declined to say who was responsible for choosing them in the first place. 'We are trying to find out what went wrong, not engage in a witch hunt.'

Perhaps one of the reddest faces will belong to Sir Ian McAllister, 64, the chairman of Network Rail. While tens of thousands of passengers were struggling on the West Coast mainlin"

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