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Old 19th November 2006, 18:45
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.................. And in the early hours of yesterday morning vandals cut through cables controlling the signalling, paralysing the system from Victoria to Bury until mid-afternoon...........
I wonder if they were vandals or thieves that were disturbed before they could strip out the cable. I believe that the price of copper has gone through the roof recently.

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On a more positive note, track laying has now begun between Bury and Victoria............
About time too The trackwork in places is terrible and the Manchester - Altrincham section isn't much better.
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