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Rail passenger and freight delay caused by cable theft halved
Delay minutes down 54%
Number of cable thefts affecting rail services down 67%
Total cost to industry reached three-year low; down more than £5m
93% drop in rail delay caused by cable theft in west and north Yorkshire
Delay minutes to trains down 93% to around 70 hours
Number of cable thefts affecting rail services down 87%
Compensation cost falls by nearly £1.5m
86% drop in rail delay caused by cable theft in Anglia
- Delay minutes down 86% on Network Rail’s Anglia route
- Number of cable theft incidents affecting rail services down 82%
- Network Rail and BTP will continue to work to reduce incidents further
66% drop in rail delay caused by cable theft in South Yorkshire
Delay minutes to trains down 66%
Number of cable thefts affecting rail services down 82%
Compensation cost falls by £714,000
44% drop in rail delay caused by cable theft in north east
Delay minutes to trains down 44% to around 202 hours
Number of cable thefts affecting rail services down 64%
Compensation cost falls by £375,000
43% drop in cable theft incidents in East Midlands
31 incidents of cable theft on East Midlands Route in 2012/13
Delay to passengers and equates to 219 hours
Compensation cost tops £1m
41% drop in rail delays caused by cable theft in Wales
- Delay minutes down 41% on Network Rail’s Wales route
- Number of cable theft incidents affecting rail services down 45%
- Network Rail and BTP will continue to work to reduce incidents further
22% drop in rail delays caused by cable theft in the West
- Delay minutes down 22% on Network Rail’s Western route
- Number of cable theft incidents affecting rail services down 72%
- Network Rail and BTP will continue to work to reduce incidents further
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