I read a thread on Twitter about this

it's because our rails are stressed / stretched to 27C when welded together because that's the normal hot temperature here.

It's apparently very expensive to do it to 40C like they do in countries where that is a common high temp.

So a few days a year this will always happen.

Posted By: duke of york on July 25th 2019 at 08:34:54

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Unfuckingbelievable (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Jul 25, 07:35:56
- This is the age.............................of the Train (n/m) (General Chat) - BSE Canary, Jul 25, 09:20:08
- I read a thread on Twitter about this (General Chat) - duke of york, Jul 25, 08:34:54
  - Might be a few weeks soon (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jul 25, 09:07:25
    - Hope so - lovely warm nights! (n/m) (General Chat) - Men without hats, Jul 25, 11:24:19
      - Bit moronic tbh (n/m) (General Chat) - duke of york, Jul 25, 11:32:29
  - i thought the reason would be how the UK builds the the track (n/m) (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Jul 25, 09:07:06
    - Would you prefer (General Chat) - Howson The Prairie, Jul 25, 09:23:59
      - i understand and agree with what you are saying to a point (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Jul 25, 09:52:02
      - Just pick some more cash off the magic money tree (n/m) (General Chat) - Brom, Jul 25, 09:33:58
- Privatised by the Tories to make shit loads of cash fir the 1% (General Chat) - pants, Jul 25, 07:39:23
  - Too be fair, not sure having it nationalised would prevent the rails buckling in the heat (n/m) (General Chat) - Brom, Jul 25, 07:45:09
    - Vmt (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Jul 25, 08:54:21
    - Do they use different material for tracks in the UK than other countries? (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jul 25, 08:33:23
      - it's like what Dooker says (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 25, 09:30:21
      - No idea. But I don't recall British Rail being the World-Class service some seem to (n/m) (General Chat) - Brom, Jul 25, 09:14:49
        
        My limited time spent on the German network seemed bloody good. (n/m) (General Chat) - Men without hats, Jul 25, 11:25:23
    - I agree. (n/m) (General Chat) - jimbo, Jul 25, 08:21:48

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