Climate change will cause more landslips, Stonehaven crash report warns

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Interim report on fatal crash warns climate impacts on the rail network are "accelerating faster than our assumptions"

A combination of escalating climate impacts and a reliance on Victorian infrastructure mean Network Rail fears landslips like the one which caused August's fatal train crash in Stonehaven are set to occur...

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