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Peter Frimberly · April 1st 06, 08:20 PM posted to uk.transport.london

On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 00:01:44 +1030, (Aidan Stanger)
wrote:

Clive D. W. Feather wrote:

Tom Anderson writes
What might be sensible would be if preparatory work for the change was
done now - for instance, stringing catenary to Shepherd's Bush, but not
wiring it up to the mains.

Do you think it would still be there in 6 years time?

Would the people who would otherwise steal it know whether it was
switched off?

When I lived in Newcastle (admittedly 15 years ago) it was a fairly
standard occurence that the Metro line would be closed for a few days
on one of the sections around Longbenton, Wallsend, or Pelaw, because
someone had hooked a landrover to the signal cabling in the troughs or
the catenary and pulled massive lengths of it out/down in order to
steal it for scrap.

I don't live there any more so don't know if it still goes on.