RAILSCOT | Network Rail issues warning as more than 1,000 trespass incidents recorded during COVID-19 lockdown [Network Rail]

Network Rail issues warning as more than 1,000 trespass incidents recorded during COVID-19 lockdown [Network Rail]

Date: 14/05/2020

Newly released figures from Network Rail have revealed that trespassers disrupted vital passenger and freight services a staggering 1,024 times during the first month of the Government^s COVID-19 lockdown.

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Network Rail issues warning as more than 1,000 trespass incidents recorded during COVID-19 lockdown

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Newly released figures from Network Rail have revealed that trespassers disrupted vital passenger and freight services a staggering 1,0241 times during the first month of the Governments COVID-19 lockdown.

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Network Rail issues warning as more than 1,000 trespass incidents recorded during COVID-19 lockdown [Network Rail]

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