The Anonymous Widower

Airport Train Services Hit By £100k Cable Theft

The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on the BBC.

This is the sub-heading.

Trains to Manchester Airport have been affected by the theft of more than £100,000 of power cable from a railway line.

These three paragraphs give more details.

The signalling cables were stolen from the railway line between Preston and Bolton over Christmas.

All lines between these stations will be closed “for most of the day” while repair work is carried out, a Network Rail spokesperson said.

Work is due to be completed by around 18:00 GMT, with limited rail replacement buses running to the airport from Blackpool and central Manchester.

In the last century, I was involved in the analysis of cable theft with British Rail.

I discussed it with a judge once, and she said that she felt it would be within sentencing policy to give an extra few months in prison for compromising safety.

December 30, 2024 - Posted by AnonW | Transport/Travel | Cable Theft, Crime, Manchester Airport, Prison