{"id":581868,"date":"2025-11-20T05:15:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T05:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/581868\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T05:15:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T05:15:12","slug":"network-rail-deploys-land-rover-to-west-yorkshire-train-lines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/581868\/","title":{"rendered":"Network Rail deploys Land Rover to West Yorkshire train lines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Deployed by Network Rail, the vehicle is being used to tackle the seasonal problem of leaves falling on the tracks.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Crushed leaves can create a slippery, black layer that reduces traction and can interfere with train detection systems.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Rhiannon Jones, signalling maintenance engineer for Network Rail, said: &#8220;We\u2019ve integrated the \u2018Flon Rover\u2019 into our seasonal maintenance routine and have been making as much use of it as possible.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;It\u2019s made a real difference in reducing the number of failures relating to leaves causing problems on the line.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  While larger railhead treatment trains (RHTTs) cannot access the whole network, some areas remain inaccessible.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The \u2018Flon Rover\u2019 operates in these locations, treating up to 20 miles of track per night.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It will visit Knottingley, with additional routes planned across Yorkshire throughout the autumn season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Deployed by Network Rail, the vehicle is being used to tackle the seasonal problem of leaves falling on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":581869,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,4884,1860,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-581868","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-leeds","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115580326766502816","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=581868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/581869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=581868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=581868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=581868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}