{
  "id": 3919890,
  "title": "How Britain’s railways are struggling in the heat – and can they be fixed?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/how-britains-railways-are-struggling-in-the-heat-and-can-they-be-fixed",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-28T07:00:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/28/britain-railways-struggling-heat-fixed-derailments-explainer"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Problems including derailments have hit network during one of the hottest and driest summers on record Britain’s railways have faced a string of heat-related problems this summer, including a derailment near Lewes in East Sussex two weeks ago that injured 30 people, and another the next day when the rear carriages of a Greater Anglia train derailed “in an upright position” at Wickford railway…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}