PHOTOCALL: NETWORK RAIL IN NEW DRIVE FOR SAFETY

Thursday 3 Nov 2005

PHOTOCALL: NETWORK RAIL IN NEW DRIVE FOR SAFETY

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Date: 4 November 2005 Time: 3.30 pm Location: Alphatec (UK) Limited, Lancaster Close, Sherburn Enterprise Park, Sherburn in Elmet, N.Yorks LS25 6NS Media contact: Carolyn Watson, 01904 383180 They are big, orange and will be a key tool in Network Rail’s ‘365 day challenge’ campaign to help improve workforce safety across the rail network. The six dedicated ‘safety trucks’ designed and built by Alphatec (UK) Ltd will be used as mobile classrooms visiting rail work sites across the network and delivering vital safety messages to over 100,000 projects and engineering contractors. Join Alphatec (UK) Ltd as they hand the keys of the £400,000 fleet over to Peter Henderson, Director of Projects and Engineering at Network Rail.

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