Railtrack Limited
Until reaching financial difficulty in 2002, much of Britainʼs railway infrastructure was
operated by Railtrack plc. The company was sold to Network Rail.
The removal of ʻRailtrackʼ from the Companies House register allowed John Hein[1] to
register Railtrack Ltd as a company in Scotland, and so Railtrack Ltd was born in May
2003.
Those looking up the company would note that the Registered Office is that of an
Edinburgh tenement and that the company has remained dormant since incorporation.
The rebirth of Railtrack has caused confused solicitors, debt collectors and private
individuals to address correspondence to Railtrack Ltd, and in turn, to receive entertaining
replies.
Only replies to correspondence are shown. The original letters are not reproduced, but the
nature of the original letter is inferred.
The Railtrack Limited correspondence
[1] A quick google explains some of the references, he was a Liberal Party PPC and the slightly strange location of the document is probably related to his day job in publishing.