Rail passengers were delayed after a trampoline was blown onto the busy West Coast main line in Staffordshire.

Trains were brought to a halt  after the trampoline was caught in overhead electric cables causing a power loss at Hixon, between Rugeley and Stone yesterday.

Following this, Network Rail has issued a plea to trackside householders to tether trampolines and other garden items down.

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What did the officials say?

James Dean, director for Network Rail’s West Coast Mainline South route, said:

“In strong winds trampolines become airborne very easily. Our advice is: Please tether these kinds of items. That way you won’t lose them and train passengers’ journeys won’t be disrupted.

“We’re appealing to people living by the railway to ensure other items, such as gazebos, marquees and tents are fixed in place, so they don’t end up on the railway during high winds.”

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