Aecom, Amey and Volker Rail fair poorly in Network Rail rankings

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Contractor Osborne has topped a list of the best performing rail contractors compiled by railway operator Network Rail.

In Network Rail’s recently published list of its top contractors Osborne headed a list of 36 firm with a score of nearly 4.5 out of 5.

The second and third ranked contractors were Birse Rail and J Murphy and Sons respectively.

The lowest ranked contractor was Buckingham Group, which scored under 3 on the Network Rail PRISM scoring system.

Well known names including consultant Aecom, contractor Amey and contractor Volker Rail were also towards the bottom of the list.