Rail passengers are reaping the benefits of years of work to tackle the issue of metal theft on the railway, latest industry figures show. Delay minutes are down 54 per cent and the total cost to industry has reached a three-year low - down more than £5 million Network Rail has been working with partners in the railway and other essential infrastructure industries to tackle this crime which, at its peak, caused more than 6,000 hours worth of delays to trains in a single year. As a result of these efforts, delay was down to a combined 2,700 hours in 2012/13. Neil Henry, head of operations and performance at Network Rail, said: 'These figures show the true success of partnership working and are great news for passengers and our freight customers.
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