1mo ago

Rail disruption after £100K worth of cable stolen

Passengers have been warned to expect disruption between Chorley and Bolton following the theft.

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What do thieves do with the cables? Like how are they selling it and who's buying high voltage overhead rail wires?
- They sell it to metal scrap recyclers who will then melt it down, and sell it back to industry for use.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_theft
  I think copper is the most common one that's stolen.