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Letter: Stretching the points

Published 18 May 2011

From Martin Savage

Why invoke far-fetched superconducting effects to explain why trains take longer to reach their destination in summer than in winter (Feedback, 9 April)? Surely every schoolchild knows the real reason, first noted in the days of steam, that higher temperatures cause the rails to expand, meaning the train has a greater distance to travel between stations. Simple really!

Jomtien, Thailand

Issue no. 2813 published 21 May 2011

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