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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/network-rail-admits-crash-failings.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="The scene at Potters Bar station after the 2002 crash, which killed seven people" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-network-rail-admits-crash-failings.jpg" alt="The scene at Potters Bar station after the 2002 crash, which killed seven people"/></a></p>
<p>Rail bosses have admitted safety failings which led to the 2002 Potters Bar train crash.</p>
<p>Track and station owner Network Rail told a court it will plead guilty to breaching regulations over the condition of tracks at the disaster site.</p>
<p>Six passengers and a pedestrian died when a West Anglia Great Northern express train travelling from London to King&#8217;s Lynn derailed at a faulty set of points in Hertfordshire on May 10, 2002.</p>
<p>Network Rail will be sentenced at St Albans Crown Court next month for failings over the installation, maintenance and inspection of adjustable stretcher bars, which keep the moveable section of a track at the correct width for train wheels.</p>
<p>Speaking outside Watford Magistrates&#8217; Court, a spokeswoman for the company said: &#8220;We have indicated a guilty plea as Network Rail took on all of Railtrack&#8217;s obligations, responsibilities and liabilities when it took over the company in October 2002, some five months after the accident.&#8221;</p>
<p>The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) launched proceedings over breaches of health and safety law following the conclusion of an inquest into the disaster last year.</p>
<p>Peter Palfrey, chairman of the bench at Watford Magistrates&#8217; Court, told Prashat Popat QC, representing Network Rail, that the offence is too serious to be dealt with by his court so sentencing will take place at crown court.</p>
<p>While the maintenance company involved was Jarvis, the overall responsibility for the track rested with Railtrack whose functions were taken over by Network Rail in October 2002.</p>
<p>The ORR said it is now considering whether to continue to pursue prosecutions against maintenance firm Jarvis, which went into administration last year.</p>
<p>Jarvis was due in court facing the same health and safety charge on Monday but was not represented when Network Rail entered its intended plea. The court adjourned Jarvis&#8217;s hearing until March 21.</p>
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