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« on: March 15, 2020, 18:27:50 »
Quite how such a crime was carried out unnoticed...

Templecombe Station


From the non-passenger side which means either trespass on the line or they came through the dense undergrowth behind the signal box.  Roll Eyes Huh
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« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2020, 19:26:46 »
May well be found on a nearby caravan site.
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« Reply #2 on: March 15, 2020, 23:09:54 »
Quote from: TaplowGreen on March 15, 2020, 19:26:46
May well be found on a nearby caravan site.

Well, the nearest one is here:
https://sunnyhill-park-and-campsite.business.site/

Don't know why they'd pinch railway station benches though.  Tongue
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« Reply #3 on: March 15, 2020, 23:49:57 »
Removed by Network rail contractors perhaps, soon to be listed for sale by the redundent assets team?
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« Reply #4 on: June 27, 2020, 18:05:38 »
Network rail contractors have previously been prosecuted for some quite large scale thefts of railway property, so a few benches sounds easy enough.

Still seems an odd thing to steal, not that expensive, worth very little for scrap metal, limited alternative uses.

Possibly removed by mistake ? Contractors went to the wrong station ? someone in an office sent the order out wrongly ?

I recall years ago a considerable quantity of railway equipment being delivered to Nunhead station in south east London.
It should have been sent to Nuneaton !
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« Reply #5 on: June 27, 2020, 20:52:47 »
The case has already been solved.

http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=23565.msg289278#msg289278
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