In message , at 08:16:00 on Thu,
29 May 2008, BH Williams remarked:
Now it's a "Problem near the railway" (my, what a wonderful way of giving
no details at all) that may be fixed by 14.00.

'Near' as in 'above'?

Exactly. I suppose "ten feet above" counts as "near"

As I posted in another thread, the BBC's headline "Trains halted over
bridge safety" could just as well have read "Trains halted under bridge
safely".
--
Roland Perry