Swans are the most impactful animal trespassers for disrupting passenger services and our partnership with the Swan Sanctuary provides our front-line teams with invaluable skills and training to tackle the challenge of quickly and safely removing our feathered friends from the railway.
The figures from Network Rail cover the past financial year to 31 March also show there were 125 animal-related trespass incidents reported across its southern region. Badgers got on to the tracks the most, with 36 incidents, followed by swans in second place with 22.
Now it has teamed up with The Swan Sanctuary in Shepperton to provide training in a bid to prevent train delays. Swans can become aggressive when approached and with much of the railway electrified, removing this protected species can be challenging.
Across its Wessex route - which covers routes from London Waterloo to Surrey, Berkshire, Hampshire, Dorset, Devon, Somerset and Wiltshire - swans were responsible for the largest number of delays to passengers.
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