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I was on a train from Stratford to Meridian Water yesterday, and the number of times I could hear (or see!) branches scraping the train was very high. It's certainly an issue.
I saw a 701 near Kingston station yesterday, and the angle of the sun shining on the carriage enabled me to see that there had been lots of vegetation scraping along the side. As it was in the new GB Railways livery, this could have occurred only in the last few weeks. The amount of vegetation along the railways and the continual hot weather make lineside fires a real hazard.
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