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Quote from The Sun:

Thousands of “ghost trains” are standing idle in railway sidings despite years of chronic overcrowding, a probe found.

Carriages with a combined length exceeding 20 miles are rotting away — yet passengers paying top dollar often cannot get a seat.

Researchers found that the unused trains, being held in at least six depots, contain more than 110,000 seats.

Many are sent to scrap to avoid storage costs.

Investigators say the electric-only trains have been rendered useless by the failure to electrify lines across the country.

Fewer than 40 per cent of lines in Britain are electrified — among the lowest level in Europe.

In 2017, three long-planned electrification projects were scrapped, including the Midland Main Line.

Campaigners say the idle trains represent billions of pounds of wasted cash — funded by the public twice over, through taxes and ever-rising rail fares.

What a waste.