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Network Rail chief executive, Iain Coucher at the Partnership Awards

Partnership Award host Rory Bremner

Ahead of the budget on 24 March 2010, the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Prime Minister visited Network Rail's Blackfriars redevelopment project, part of the £5.5bn Thameslink upgrade.<br /><br />From left to right: Simon Kirby, Network Rail infrastructure investment director; Alastair Darling, Chancellor of the Exchequer; Ben Farrow-Stevenson from Aylesbury, Bucks, Network Rail apprentice; Mohammed Rahman from Camden, London, Network Rail apprentice; Gordon Brown, Prime Minister; Jim Crawford, Network Rail major programme director for Thameslink

New lines presentation

Level crossing misuse - Berwick - motorist speeds through closing crossing