Network Rail was today fined £4m for "systemic and unacceptable" safety failures that led to the 1999 Paddington rail disaster.Thirty-one people died and more than 400 were injured when a local Thames Trains service went through a red signal and collided with a London-bound First Great Western express train.
Network Rail - the firm responsible for maintaining Britain's railways - was fined at Blackfriars crown court, in London.
The company, which had earlier admitted breaches of the 1974 Health and Safety at Work Act between January 1 1995 and October 5 1999, was also ordered to pay £225,000 towards prosecution costs.
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