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#1
29th August 2007, 16:01
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New trains 'too heavy for tracks' (BBC News)
Passengers are facing rail delays because of new heavier trains being introduced on southern England routes.
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29th August 2007, 18:02
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We have newer, heavier trains wearing out the track in the South and on Merseyside we have new track wearing out the wheels of the older trains
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4th September 2007, 21:32
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???
"Network Rail has blamed more track faults in part on "heavier trains with stiffer suspension". "
Surely tests would could be done that would simulate these conditions prior to the trains being used on these lines?
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