SPEED RESTRICTIONS OVER FEARS FOR TRACKS IN DIRECT SUN ‘Transport officials said rails under direct sunshine might reach 20C (68F) above the surrounding air temperature, causing the steel to expand - raising concern that rails will buckle as temperatures soar.’ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/06/26/uk-weather-railway-slowdown-stop-tracks-buckling-heatwave-set/ https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/trains-out-of-euston-station-delayed-as-searing-heat-cripples-rail-network_uk_5b312886e4b0321a01d42016 https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/berkshire-trains-could-be-delayed-by-lines-buckling-in-the-heat/ Network Rail are blaming healthy trees and leaves for the railway delays and multiple cancellations, thus deliberately deflecting the issue of the Railway Companies cost cutting, incompetence and mismanagement failures in keeping to their timetables...as is currently the case. Network Rail and their contractors have already destroyed tens of thousands, if not millions of healthy trees behind our backs, claiming they are dead, unhealthy and pose a risk. This is not exactly true. They have destroyed all ‘healthy trees’ as well… A ‘TEMPORARY’ HALT TO THEIR PLANNED ’10MILLION’ MASS TREE DESTRUCTION…IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH! IT MUST BE STOPPED ‘PERMANENTLY’ to avoid further destruction and loss of the critical survival bird, bat, butterfly, hedgehog, all insect and hibernating wildlife’s entire habitat sanctuary and homes. If Network Rail ‘carry on regardless’ despite the calls to #StoptheChop, this will advance and escalate the declines to their already diminishing population numbers nationwide. Please sign the petition and share with others who care if you have not done so already. Many Thanks. Ray Walton