UK rail maintenance company profits up 37%

Profits at infrastructure services company Jarvis rose 37% to €89.2m in the financial year covering the Potters Bar train disaster, it emerged today.

The company, which was responsible for maintaining the section of track where seven people died when a train derailed on a set of points, said turnover from all its businesses increased 28% to €1.73bn in the period to March 31.