Train passengers faced delays 15,000 times in past five years due to junction point issues

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TRAIN passengers have faced delays nearly 15,000 times in the past five years due to issues with junction points.

Network Rail figures show trains are thrown into chaos over faulty points more than 50 times a week.

One failure alone between Reading and Newbury in Berkshire last January affected 669 separate train services.

Points on junctions allow trains to move from one set of tracks on to another.