Copper thieves cause more problems on the railways

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Copper thieves are becoming increasingly professional and are causing greater problems for train services, rail operator ProRail warned at the weekend.


Last year, ProRail had to deal with at least 388 thefts of copper cables, leading to 170 hours of delays.

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