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Network Rail cites weather as a key cause for an increase in delays

Weather extremities are “getting more severe and inpactful on the railway”, says Network Rail. A landslip causes trees to fall and block the line near Scunthorpe in May. NETWORK RAIL.

Rail delays relating to weather are now the highest on record, according to Network Rail.

The infrastructure company has produced a graph indicating that the rate of delay has risen sharply since the pandemic, exceeding the level seen in 2018-19. It has increased by 900,000 minutes over ten years.




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