Solar storm warning as ‘chaotic’ space weather to rock Earth in hours – exact location

He explained: “Most of us have at one point heard the dreaded words: ‘your train is delayed due to a signalling failure’.

“While we usually connect these faults to rain, snow and leaves on the line, you may not have considered that the Sun can also cause railway signals to malfunction.”

There have been growing fears that solar storm may cause horrific accidents on the train lines with the interference with electrical signals causing red lights to turn green.

But Mr Patterson insisted this would be an extreme outcome, and said: “We are now working on looking at the case where trains are present on the line, and how strong a storm needs to be to turn a red signal back to green.”

This, he added, is “a far more hazardous scenario potentially leading to crashes!”

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