The broken sections were spotted by a manager and a driver onboard an empty train sent to inspect the site.

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Jordan met his wife, Aytul, on an empty 2 train.

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Across the tracks was the electric train, empty, waiting.

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The train derailed near Regent Road as empty carriages were being moved from Ardwick to Carnforth in Lancashire.

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Flying in, the train line is the only feature on an empty orange landscape.

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At the moment some peak time services have empty seats on them while the first off-peak train is extremely over-crowded as passengers wait for the cheaper fares.

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