UK RAILWAYS

> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/3584813.stm
>
> Network Rail Works Towards a Natural Solution
>
> Today Network Rail (NR) announced that in future all newly laid and
> replaced railway track would incorporate micro tunnels every few hundred
> metres to allow wildlife to safely cross busy train lines.
>

> Today Network Rail (NR) announced that in future all newly laid and
> replaced railway track would incorporate micro tunnels every few hundred
> metres to allow wildlife to safely cross busy train lines.

> Today Network Rail (NR) announced that in future all newly laid and
> replaced railway track would incorporate micro tunnels every few hundred
> metres to allow wildlife to safely cross busy train lines.

> Several wildlife groups, under umbrella organisation Put A Pipe Under It
> (PAPUI), have been lobbying NR and their predecessors, Railtrack and
> British Rail, for more than two decades for so called wildlife crossings.

> NR are believed to have agreed to the idea after seeing the system of
> various under-track pipes demonstrated successfully across the German
> countryside to great effect. Recent studies showed that animal fatalities
> were down by more than 318% across all species. Of special note were Field
> Voles where recorded deaths in collisions with trains were down by as much
> as 759% over a three month period.

> PAPUI spokesperson, Karon Anami, said: Nature lovers across Britain will
> be rejoicing at the news of Network Rails initiative.

>> Today Network Rail (NR) announced that in future all newly laid and
>> replaced railway track would incorporate micro tunnels every few hundred
>> metres to allow wildlife to safely cross busy train lines.
>
>How will they know to use the tunnels?
>
>> Several wildlife groups, under umbrella organisation Put A Pipe Under It
>> (PAPUI), have been lobbying NR and their predecessors, Railtrack and
>> British Rail, for more than two decades for so called wildlife crossings.
>
>Arent these the same type of people who complain when trees are chopped
>down?
>
>> NR are believed to have agreed to the idea after seeing the system of
>> various under-track pipes demonstrated successfully across the German
>> countryside to great effect. Recent studies showed that animal fatalities
>> were down by more than 318% across all species. Of special note were Field
>> Voles where recorded deaths in collisions with trains were down by as much
>> as 759% over a three month period.
>
>You can only have a percentage over 100 if something is increasing
>
>> PAPUI spokesperson, Karon Anami, said: Nature lovers across Britain will
>> be rejoicing at the news of Network Rails initiative.
>
>What happens if a tunnel gets squashed or a bird gets hit whilst flying. Do
>they demand that all Railways are built in tunnels?