Network Rail, a Government-owned company, plans to invest £2.8 billion over the next five years to protect railways from climate change and extreme weather. Engineers are assessing landslip sites, with a rail line closed between Kent and Surrey due to a landslip.
FACTCHECK The @Telegraph reported today that @networkrail’s £2.8bn plan to cope with extreme weather has been “undermine[d]” because “weather-related train disruption has decreased over the past few years”. Let’s have a look at that claim: THREAD 🚂 1/9 https://t.co/tp4lernlaM
💧 Weather-related train disruption has decreased over the past few years despite the Network Rail chief executive claiming climate change is “the biggest challenge our railway faces”, The Telegraph can reveal https://t.co/ja3rmpa0vv
An embankment which has collapsed and closed a railway line linking Kent and Surrey is "still moving", Network Rail has said. Tap below to read more: https://t.co/s9JXmJt2ZO
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Network Rail has said it might take longer than two weeks for a rail line to re-open between Tonbridge and Redhill following a landslip. Tap below to read more: https://t.co/RyxOGZjCtp
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Network Rail has announced plans to ramp up spending on protecting railways from climate change and extreme weather – with around £2.8bn set to be invested in the next five years. 🔗 Read more https://t.co/y0bsaWbFih
Engineers are due to assess the site of a landslip on a railway line linking Kent and Surrey which is closed. Tap below to read more: https://t.co/uzENbmuyDM
Engineers assess site of landslip on railway line https://t.co/3AKXnbmdN6
Network Rail has announced it is ramping up spending on protecting the railway from climate change and extreme weather. The Government-owned company said it will invest around £2.8 billion over the next five years in relation to these issues. https://t.co/JahPnedvph
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