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Rail industry calls for tough new measures on metal theft

The rail industry today called for tough new measures to deal with cable theft at a meeting of the Transport Select Committee in Westminster.

Speaking at the hearing, industry representatives set out the disruption that cable theft causes to rail passengers. It is estimated that last year cable theft affected almost four million journeys, delaying passengers by a total of 365,000 minutes. The cost to the industry over the last three years has been over £40m...

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