Tree survey is root to improved rail safety [Scotland's Railway]
Date: 11/02/2022
Scotland's railway makes up more than 17 percent of Britain's rail network, some 3,504 miles of lineside. Surveying our lineside environment, including trees and vegetation we own, as well as those on adjacent land, is one part of wider efforts to proactively identify and safely remove as many dangerous trees as possible from alongside the railway. Network Rails latest survey of lineside vegetation in Scotland has identified an increasing risk from trees on land owned by our neighbours.
In the first six months of this survey, more than two hundred trees have been identified on third party land which are dead, diseased or dying. Without intervention, these present a risk to the safe operation of the railway and those travelling on it especially during stormy weather.
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