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Investigation launched into Flying Scotsman crash
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An investigation has been launched into the Flying Scotsman crash last month which left two people in hospital.
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Woman killed at crossing Network Rail knew posed ‘unacceptable’ risk
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Network Rail knew that the level crossing where an elderly woman was struck and killed by a train posed an “unacceptable” risk, an investigation has found.
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RAIB release report into fatal 2020 derailment
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The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has released its report into the fatal derailment of a passenger train at Carmont, Aberdeenshire on August 12, 2020.
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Salisbury rail services to fully resume 16 days after crash
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Rail services through Salisbury will fully resume 16 days after a crash involving two trains, the rail industry has announced.
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RAIB report: Fatal accident at Waterloo Underground station
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RAIB has released its report into a fatal accident at Waterloo Underground station last year.
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Croydon tram crash victims’ lawyer presses Attorney General for new inquest
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A lawyer representing the families of five people killed in the Croydon tram crash has urged Attorney General Michael Ellis QC to seek a new inquest into their deaths.
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‘Fatigued’ train driver with history of safety errors narrowly avoided crash
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A fatigued train driver with a history of safety blunders passed a stop signal and narrowly avoided a head-on crash with another train, an investigation has found.
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Stonehaven crash investigation to focus on lack of drainage inspections
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An investigation into the Stonehaven rail crash is focusing on the “lack of an effective drainage inspection regime”.
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RAIB says Romney & Hythe sands incident has echoes of Abermule
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By Cliff Thomas A REPORT by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) into the serious operating irregularity at the Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Railway (RH&DR) on August 28 draws parallels to the circumstances that led to the head-on Abermule collision in 1921, when 17 people were killed. In the 2019 incident, a passenger train (designated…
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Loss of brakes on Caledonian Sleeper adds to operator woes
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THE loss of control of the train brakes during the operation of the ‘Lowlander’ Caledonian Sleeper service on August 1 on the approach to Edinburgh Waverley station is being investigated by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB). Starting as the 23.36 from London Euston the previous evening, the Glasgow and Edinburgh portions divide at Carstairs…
