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Title: Attempted Signalling Cable Theft at Keyham closes railway west of Plymouth
Post by: RailCornwall on June 05, 2018, 16:11:40
(https://i.imgur.com/5UKolL6.png)

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Title: Re: Attempted Signalling Cable Theft at Keyham closes railway west of Plymouth
Post by: woody on June 06, 2018, 15:56:47
British Transport Police give update following train chaos in and out of Cornwall.
https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/british-transport-police-new-train-1646064
Quote, “ However, a spokesperson for BTP has now told Cornwall Live that the incident "wasn't due to any criminal activity, as far as we're concerned".
When asked if the fault had been caused by accidental damage, the BTP spokesperson replied: "that's not for us to comment on".
Hmmm


Title: Re: Attempted Signalling Cable Theft at Keyham closes railway west of Plymouth
Post by: SandTEngineer on June 06, 2018, 16:26:07
British Transport Police give update following train chaos in and out of Cornwall.
https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/british-transport-police-new-train-1646064
Quote, “ However, a spokesperson for BTP has now told Cornwall Live that the incident "wasn't due to any criminal activity, as far as we're concerned".
When asked if the fault had been caused by accidental damage, the BTP spokesperson replied: "that's not for us to comment on".
Hmmm

Probably those damn Devonport Dockyard rats escaping again....... ::)


Title: Re: Attempted Signalling Cable Theft at Keyham closes railway west of Plymouth
Post by: IndustryInsider on June 07, 2018, 13:10:45
There seems to have been a bit of a spike in cable thefts again recently.


Title: Re: Attempted Signalling Cable Theft at Keyham closes railway west of Plymouth
Post by: a-driver on June 07, 2018, 16:35:49
Network Rail cut through the signalling cable..... or so we’ve been lead to believe.



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