Shapps admits rail network cannot cope with extreme heat as track hits 62C
The hottest railway track reached a scorching 62C on Monday, as the Transport Secretary admitted it will take decades to upgrade existing lines to be more resilient. Grant Shapps conceded the UK’s transport network cannot cope with the extreme heat, saying that the Victorian-era infrastructure “just wasn’t built to withstand this type of temperature”. On Monday, the temperature peaked at 38.1C in Santon Downham, Suffolk, making it the hottest day […]