§ Bob SpinkTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many rail track failures have been recorded by Railtrack in each of the last five years. [26073]
§ Mr. JamiesonI understand from Railtrack that the number of broken rails in each of the last five financial years were:
Number of broken rails 1996–97 709 1997–98 755 1998–99 952 1999–2000 918 2000–01 697