In England, an injured turtle on the rails disrupts rail traffic

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?NEW – Due to animals on the railway at #HarlingRoad the line is blocked
Train services running through this station may be cancelled, delayed or revised Disruption is expected until further notice

This affects our Norwich to Stansted Airport line and also East Midlands Railway

— Greater Anglia (@greateranglia) August 1, 2022

There’s a giant tortoise on the line to Norwich. She’s still alive but hurtwrote on Twitter a passenger, Diane Akers, sharing a photo of the turtle with a visibly open shell.

Also on a blocked train, another Internet user, Anna Debenham, tweeted the information she was given in dribs and drabs: We apologize for the 74 minute delay on this train. It’s due to a turtle on the tracksshe wrote, amazed. Of course I heard. There’s a turtle wreaking havoc on the tracks , she added. The turtle had ventured on the line that connects Cambridge to Norwich, in the east of England.

The animal taken care of by a specialized team

The large injured turtle has been removed and all lines are now reopenedsaid around 2:30 p.m. (local and GMT) Greater Anglia, stressing that traffic was slowly returning to normal.

Elle was taken to a specialist team for treatment and we were informed that she would recover completelyreassured the train company on the social network.

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