In message , at 09:09:32 on Tue, 29 Oct 2013,
Richard J. remarked:
Network Rail tweets: "16 trees on the line in Wessex,

Essex?

32 in Kent, 11 in Sussex, 37 in Wessex,

Or is that Essex?

I'd plump for the 16 being Essex.

No, I think they mean Wessex (basically the SWT network) as
Kent/Sussex/Wessex are the three routes that the old Southern Region is
divided into for Network Rail management purposes.

If the 16 is Wessex, what region had 37 trees down?

According to SWT, "nearly half of the more than 100 fallen trees which
have affected the UK rail network have come down on tracks used by
South West Trains services". So it's likely that 37 was the Wessex
figure.

I agree that the southwest was reportedly one of the worst-hit regions.

Is that another vote for the "16" being Essex?
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Roland Perry