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Your support makes all the difference.Shares in Railtrack, which owns most of Britain's railway infrastructure, suffered a 9.5 per cent decline in the week on profit taking and brokers downgrading their recommendations and price targets. Earlier this week Railtrack asked the regulator to take a relaxed stance on the formula for setting access charges from 2001, so the company can invest in works such as the pounds 5.6bn rail link between London and the Channel Tunnel.
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