Derailment
++


It
is
hoped
that
trains
will
start
running
again
between
Carlisle,
Hexham
and
Skipton
early
next
month,
as
work
to
clear
the
site
of
the
derailment
of
a
cement
train
near
Carlisle
continues.
Network
Rail
has
revealed
that
the
accident
on
19
October
damaged
80
metres
of
track
and
destroyed
41
metres
of
a
bridge
parapet
while
work
has
been
continuing
to
remove
the
overturned
wagons,
which
had
been
carrying
300
tonnes
of
powered
cement.
Network
Rail
senior
programme
manager
Mark
Evans
said:
‘A
great
deal
of
preparation
work
has
gone
into
the
complex
lifting
of
the
wagons,
with
the
main
crane
now
towering
above
the
city.’

Vandalism
++


East
Midlands
Railway
is
appealing
for
help
from
people
who
know
about
‘reckless
acts’
which
involve
objects
being
dumped
on
the
line.
They
have
included
a
microwave
oven,
a
shopping
trolley
and
a
bicycle.
There
was
been
a
total
of
10
such
incidents
over
the
past
year,
while
bricks
and
stones
have
also
been
thrown
at
trains
on
14
occasions.
EMR
is
the
second
operator
to
report
incidents
of
vandalism
recently,
after
Northern
said
its
trains
had
also
been
put
at
risk
on
many
occasions.
East
Midlands
Railway
is
now
installing
high-definition
CCTV
which
can
be
monitored
by
British
Transport
Police.