From Newsgroup: uk.railway
On 29/08/2025 16:56, Tweed wrote:
From the BBC website
A train was disrupted due to people being lowered over bridges to hang
flags, a passenger has said.
The East Midlands Railway service - from Nottingham to London St Pancras - came to a stop on the approach to Market Harborough station in
Leicestershire on Thursday night.
Noel Dolphin, a railway electrification expert, posted on social media to
say his train was delayed due to people "being lowered over bridge parapets [safety barriers] to attach flags".
British Transport Police (BTP) officers attended the scene but found no "trace of the individuals".
Note the OHLE is now live.
It reminds of the time, a few lads at my secondary school, back in the
mid 1970's, they stood on footbridge over an electrified line, and
dared each other to see who could get a metal pole the closest to the
electric wires without it arching. One of them got too close and thrown
over the parpet of the bridge onto the tracks, and survived. His right
arm and the right side of his face was cooked.
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