Autumn and winter can be a magical time of year with the Christmas holidays and New Year celebrations around the corner. But the autumn and winter weather can have an unwanted effect on Network Rail’s tracks and electrical power equipment causing delays and disruption to your train service.
Autumn and winter can bring with them cold, icy, snowy and slippery conditions as well as a large amount of leaf fall. These can have an effect on a train’s ability to take electrical power, on its wheels’ ability to grip the rails as well as on signalling equipment such as points.