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A mate of mine works on the railway and, he tells me that insurance claims, by the railway, of £0.5m are not unheard of. Not only is there the claim for the structural engineer but, there are delay/cancellation costs too.
At the very least trains will be subject to a speed limit (possibly as low as 5mph), until the bridge is declared safe. However, they have to be stopped, at the signal before the bridge, and told what is happening. For a train that, maybe, could be doing anything up to 125mph that is a lot of "delay minutes" attributable to the bridge striker's insurance company.
Last edited by robertdavey6; 24th April 2013 at 20:40.
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