It is an announcement experienced travelers know, which often means one thing: delays. Leaves on the line shows no signs of decreasing after a report showed incidents have increased by two thirds since 2010.
Report said the fallen trees and other leaves by the tracks have brought problems for decades. In 2009-2010, there were 11,500 occasions where trees and branches fell onto the lines. But by 2017-2018 the figures have risen to almost 19,000. Last year, more than 1,750 trains were canceled by fallen trees. That would make the travelers upset, though the fallen leaves seemed to be beautiful.
About 50 million leaves are said to fall on the tracks every autumn. Separate figures showed that leaves on the line caused 3,261 hours of delays last year, a rise of 70 per cent in the last decade. Last month, Northern said wet leaves made the trains have difficulty in running smoothly, resulting in several carriages being taken out of service.
Greater London and Kent operator Southeastern introduced a reduced autumn timetable to cope with the issue, leaving travelers with longer waits and crowded services.
There are around six million trees on Network Rail-owned land within 10m either side of the track. Despite spending £40 million a year over the past four years on control—an increase of £15 million—Network Rail still has a large amount of work. It also said the rail company’s bosses could lose their money for over-running engineering work. Senior staff could be forced to hand over a part of their performance-related pay, which came to more than £52 million last year, to pay for rail improvements.
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