Date: 10/09/2021

An investigation said a type of aluminium used under some of the trains may have been vulnerable to being damaged by 'salt-containing' substances. The cracks caused weeks of travel chaos.

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Cracks under train carriages could have been caused by seawater

Daily Mail

An investigation said a type of aluminium used under some of the trains may have been vulnerable to being damaged by 'salt-containing' substances. The cracks caused weeks of travel chaos.

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