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Originally Posted by foggy_lad View Post
Posssibly a feature on older lines to cover rotting sleepers from view?
Every other post you make on this board contains some sort of unsubstantiated accusation of wrongdoing, provide some evidence for your various accusations or just stop doing it.

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Originally Posted by Captain Chaos View Post
Speaking of rotting sleepers, take a look at the wooden sleepers all along platform 5 at Connolly. There are some major cracks gone almost right through them. I just happened to be looking at them while waiting for a train the other day and was shocked at the condition they were in.
Track in major stations like Connolly is generally left alone for much longer than on general running lines.

The extra complexity of the pointwork, signalling and platform alignment makes it a much bigger job to replace than plain track.

It is also not necessary to replace as often because despite the heavy use those lines get the very low speeds mean far less forces are acting on them and they will remain safe to use long after all other track of a similar vintage has been replaced.