Badger coming out of a burrow

Badgers cripple Dutch railway lines, infrastructure manager not amused

ProRail is monitoring around 40 badger sites. 2011, Peter Trimming / Wikimedia Commons via Flickr.com

Dutch infrastructure manager ProRail has had to suspend train traffic on two lines in recent days following the discovery of badger burrows under the tracks. This can result in track instability, which presents a safety risk. A heavily used section of a railway line in the south of the Netherlands was therefore taken out of use on Monday.

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Author: Nick Augusteijn

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Badger coming out of a burrow

Badgers cripple Dutch railway lines, infrastructure manager not amused

ProRail is monitoring around 40 badger sites. 2011, Peter Trimming / Wikimedia Commons via Flickr.com

Dutch infrastructure manager ProRail has had to suspend train traffic on two lines in recent days following the discovery of badger burrows under the tracks. This can result in track instability, which presents a safety risk. A heavily used section of a railway line in the south of the Netherlands was therefore taken out of use on Monday.

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Author: Nick Augusteijn

Former Chief Editor of RailTech.com

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