Wednesday, September 18, 2024

GWR train service cancelled after two stowaway squirrels 'refused to leave'

ITVx wins our Headline of the Day Award with this bushy tale of life on the Reading to Gatwick line. Thanks to the reader who alerted me to this story 

The story below our winning headline informs us that:
The Great Western Railway service was cancelled at Redhill after the animals got on the train at Gomshall. 
Staff attempted to remove the animals but the squirrels "refused to leave" and the service later returned to Reading. 
A spokesperson for GWR said: "We can confirm that the 0854 Reading to Gatwick was terminated at Redhill after a couple of squirrels boarded the train at Gomshall without tickets, breaching railway byeclaws. 
"We attempted to remove them at Redhill, but one refused to leave and was returned to Reading to bring an end to this nutty tail."

In other rodent news, Cinammon, the escaped Telford capybara, has been located but not recaptured.

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