Date: 19/09/2019

cotlands Railway is more prepared than ever before to keep trains moving during autumn. Rail cleaning trains will treat 20,000 more miles of track than last year, more Leaf Buster teams will be out on the network and small changes to the timetable will help make the service more reliable. Ground-breaking microwave and cryogenic technologies will also be used for the very first time on Scotlands Railway to help keep rails clean and customers safe. Every autumn, the trees that grow along the railway drop thousands of tonnes of leaves onto the tracks and this debris can break down into a slippery surface that sticks to the rails and causes trains to lose their grip. This can make trains overshoot signals and platforms “ potentially putting customers and staff in danger. Debris can also affect signalling systems, making it hard to track where trains are on the network.

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Scotlands Railway gets ready for autumn

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Scotlands Railway is more prepared than ever before to keep trains moving during autumn.