Flag hanging caused train service delay

Patriotic display...flag on a footbridge

- By Neil Lancefield

A PASSENGER has told how a train was delayed by people trying to hang flags from bridges.

Noel Dolphin claimed on social media that attempts to put up flags meant speed restrictions were in place on Thursday's East Midlands Railway service he was travelling on.

After hearing the announcement on the train, the railway electrification expert wrote: “I do not want to jump into the flag debate, but my train is delayed due to ‘people being lowered over bridge parapets to attach flags’.”

Parapets are fitted to the side of bridges to prevent people from falling accidentally.