Danger as pallets left on rail line

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POLICE have criticised people who deliberately left large wooden pallets along a railway line, obstructing the path of oncoming trains.

British Transport Police said a driver on the service between Glasgow Central and Kilmarnock contacted them on Sunday night to report a number of railway troughing lids and wooden pallets had been scattered on the rural line at Dunlop, obstructing his journey.

Officers have carried out door-to-door inquiries and have appealed for anyone with information to come forward.

Sergeant Nicola Phillips, of British Transport Police, said: "This is a remote, rural location and I am sure someone in the local community will have vital information."

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