Network Rail is painting tracks white to cool them down because they’re 48°C
Network Rail is painting tracks white to cool them down because they’re 48°C
Rails in direct sunshine can become as much as 20°C hotter than the air around them (Picture: Niklas HALLE’N / AFP)
Network Rail engineers are painting train tracks white in a bid to them down so they don’t buckle in the heat.
Engineers have already reported finding problems at Vauxhall, in London, where rails that have become 48°C in the sun have warped.
It comes as people have been told to only…