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Engineers said three spans of wire and a number of registration arms were damaged and require replacement.
(Permalink) Alloa Blackgrange Cambus Electrification Stirling Tree

Network Rail workers in Cumbria joined forces with a local farmer to keep passengers and freight trains moving on the West Coast main line.
(Permalink) Floriston Storm Corrie Tree West Coast Main Line


Floriston: Network Rail workers in Cumbria joined forces with a local farmer to keep passengers and freight trains moving on the West Coast main line. During Storm Corrie, which saw windspeeds of over 90mph a ...
Network Rail 01/02/2022

Despite the warning being issued in September 2020, neither Network Rail nor Transport Scotland had carried out any action to makes the trees safe before. [See RAIB News item of the 6th below - RS]
(Permalink) Collision Glencarse Injury RAIB ScotRail Tree

A ScotRail driver was injured when his train hit a fallen branches despite trees in the vicinity on Scottish Government-owned land being identified as high risk to the railway eight months before, a report revealed today. [See RAIB News item of the 6th below. -RS]
(Permalink) Collision Glencarse Injury RAIB ScotRail Tree

Train collision with fallen tree near Glencarse, Perth & Kinross, 21 May 2021.
(Permalink) Collision Glencarse Injury RAIB ScotRail Tree

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