London Banter - View Single Post - No full metropolitan line service this weekend

Jack Taylor · April 8th 09, 11:11 PM posted to uk.transport.london

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I've seen precious little evidence of that yet. There has been
significant slaughtering of the trees on the embankments, though,
north of Rickmansworth - some pretty big ones at that.

Why are they chopping down the trees?

The usual issue. Like NR, they've done so little embankment and surrounds
maintenance for over forty years that there are some very big deciduous
trees dropping their juicy leaves on the track in the autumn! So everything
on the embankment, within the boundary fence, is going. In some places,
encroaching vegetation on adjacent properties is being cut back as well.