Burrowing badgers threaten to undermine Dutch rail system

FILE PHOTO: A young badger stands next to an old fallen tree in a wood in Llandeilo, South Wales, Britain July 19, 2017. REUTERS/Rebecca Naden/File Photo

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Badgers have dug out a home underneath a major rail line in the Netherlands, leaving tens of thousands of passengers facing delays.

Train traffic has been halted, possibly for weeks, between two major southern cities, Den Bosch and Eindhoven, due to worries that the badgers' tunnels have weakened the ground under the tracks.