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(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Drainage Landslide Landslip Network Rail Stonehaven derailment

The rail body is being prosecuted at the High Court in Aberdeen over its failures in the decade before the tragedy, which killed three people in 2020.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Drainage Landslide Landslip Network Rail Stonehaven derailment

The driver of the ScotRail train who was among three people killed after it crashed into debris washed onto the tracks had just been told by a Network Rail signaller that 'everything's fine' moments before the derailment, the High Court in Aberdeen has heard. The revelation came as the UK Government-run infrastructure body admitted health and safety failings over the derailment at Carmont, south of Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire, on August 12, 2020.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Drainage Landslide Landslip Network Rail Stonehaven derailment

Network Rail is suspected to be fined after the train derailment but individuals should be held responsible, says Record View.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Comment Derailment Drainage Landslide Landslip Network Rail Stonehaven derailment

The railway operator admitted it didn't warn driver it was unsafe for train to run on section of track before derailment near Stonehaven.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Drainage Landslide Landslip Network Rail Stonehaven derailment

Survivor of train that derailed near Stonehaven in 2020 recounts her experience for the first time.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Drainage Landslide Landslip Network Rail Stonehaven derailment

The indictment alleges he was not told the track was unsafe before the fatal 2020 derailment.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Drainage Landslide Landslip Network Rail Stonehaven derailment

Railway safety will come under scrutiny with Network Rail, the UK's railway infrastructure company, set to face charges in relation to the 2020 Stonehaven rail crash.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Drainage Landslide Landslip Network Rail Stonehaven derailment

Three people died when a train hit a landslide after heavy rain near Stonehaven in 2020. Network Rail is due to face criminal action at the High Court in Aberdeen on 7 September.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Drainage Landslide Landslip Network Rail Stonehaven derailment

Network Rail will reportedly be prosecuted for its failings over the Stonehaven railway crash in which three people were killed.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Landslide Network Rail Stonehaven derailment

Derailment of a passenger train at Carmont, Aberdeenshire, 12 August 2020.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Drainage Landslide Network Rail RAIB Stonehaven derailment


Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont]: The huge Ainscough crane being used at the Carmont crash site to lift the rear power car out on 10th September 2020.
Duncan Ross 10/09/2020

Commenting on the publication of the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) Carmont report, Andrew Haines, Network Rail chief executive, said: 'This report makes clear that there are fundamental lessons to be learnt by Network Rail and the wider industry. As well as expressing our deep sorrow and regret at the loss of the lives of Christopher Stuchbury, Donald Dinnie and Brett McCullough, its important that we acknowledge it should not have taken this tragic accident to highlight those lessons. We must do better and we are utterly committed to that.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Drainage Landslide Network Rail Stonehaven derailment

Three people died when the train hit a landslide in heavy rain in Aberdeenshire in 2020.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Drainage Landslide Network Rail Stonehaven derailment

Commenting on the publication of the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) independent report into the accident at Carmont on 12 August 2020, Ian McConnell, ScotRail Chief Operating Officer, said: 'This report is a terrible reminder of the awful events of 12 August 2020. Nobody in ScotRail or the wider industry will ever forget what happened.'
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Drainage Landslide Landslip Network Rail Stonehaven derailment

HM Chief Inspector of Railways, Ian Prosser CBE said: Our thoughts remain with the families of Donald Dinnie, Brett McCullough and Christopher Stuchbury at this time. We welcome RAIBs recommendations today and will work with industry to ensure these are addressed quickly and effectively. Our own joint investigation with Police Scotland and British Transport Police is making good progress and we anticipate handing over the final report to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service in the coming months.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Drainage Landslide Network Rail Stonehaven derailment

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) doesn't often hold media briefings in Scotland - I haven't been to one in my two decades covering transport. But when they do, they have something important to say. That became quickly apparent in Aberdeen on Wednesday when four expert officials from the UK Government body set out the key points of their 296-page final report into the fatal Carmont rail crash, in which three people died in 2020.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Drainage Landslide Network Rail Stonehaven derailment

RMT calls for urgent safety summit and halt to job cuts to prevent more rail tragedies.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Drainage Landslide Network Rail Stonehaven derailment

Rail control room staff failed to limit the speed of a train that then crashed - despite knowing about hazards nearby, a new report has said.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Drainage Landslide Network Rail Stonehaven derailment

Loved ones of those who died in the Stonehaven rail crash have reacted with disbelief and anger to the final investigation report, accusing officials of a catalogue of errors.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Drainage Landslide Network Rail Stonehaven derailment

The new Rail Accident Investigation Branch sheds light on what went wrong before the crash which led to the deaths of Brett McCullough, Donald Dinnie and Christopher Stuchbury.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Drainage Landslide Network Rail Stonehaven derailment

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has made 20 recommendations in its highly critical report into the incident at Stonehaven on August 12 2020.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Drainage Landslide Network Rail Stonehaven derailment

Board minutes from July, but just made public, reveal that Network Rail senior executives are eager to allocate more funding to drainage works in light of the Carmont tragedy which saw three people killed and a further six injured after a train derailed in Aberdeenshire in August 2020.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Drainage Landslide Network Rail Stonehaven derailment


Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont]: Sunday 09:47 Aberdeen to Kings Cross Azuma passing the new trackside defences at Carmont on 25th April 2021.
Duncan Ross 25/04/2021

The managing director of Scotland's Railway, the partnership between Abellio ScotRail and Network Rail Scotland, has called on the transport sector to decarbonise in memory of the Stonehaven rail crash victims.

Alex Hynes claimed Scotland was reminded of the 'devastating impact of climate change' when three people were 'tragically killed on our rail network'.
(Permalink) Alex Hynes Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Electrification Green Landslide ScotRail Stonehaven derailment

A final report into the Stonehaven rail crash last year that killed three people will not be ready until 2022.
(Permalink) Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Landslide Stonehaven derailment


Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont]: 08:04 Waverley to Aberdeen crossing Bridge 325 on 25th April 2021. This view shows the check rails that NR have fitted after last years fatal derailment.
Duncan Ross 25/04/2021

The familiar thrum of activity at Aberdeen station was broken for a minute this morning, as passengers and crews paid tribute to the three men killed in the Stonehaven rail crash a year ago today.
(Permalink) Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Landslide Stonehaven derailment

Railway staff will remember the victims of the Stonehaven rail crash one year on from the tragedy with enormous sadness.
(Permalink) Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Landslide Stonehaven derailment

A plaque honouring the victims of the Stonehaven rail crash is to be unveiled tomorrow - a year on from the tragedy.
(Permalink) Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Landslide Stonehaven derailment

Although RAIB's final report into last year's tragic derailment at Stonehaven is still awaited, we know now that a significant contributing factor was heavy rainfall washing material onto the track. The accident resulted in the first earthwork-related fatality since the death of a guard at Ais Gill on the Settle-Carlisle line in January 1995.
(Permalink) Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Landslide Stonehaven derailment

Although the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has yet to produce its final report on the fatal train crash at Carmont on 12 August 2020, there are now clear lessons about earthworks and weather management from this tragic event. Network Rails earthworks assets comprise 70,000 soil cuttings, 20,000 rock cuttings and 100,000 embankments.
(Permalink) Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Landslide Stonehaven derailment

The type of ScotRail train involved in the fatal Stonehaven derailment should be withdrawn from service because of their lack of crashworthiness, a rail engineer has urged.
(Permalink) Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment HST Landslide Stonehaven derailment

A rail engineer has called for the type of train involved in the tragic Stonehaven derailment to be scrapped amid safety concerns.
(Permalink) Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment HST Landslide Stonehaven derailment

The publication yesterday of the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) Interim Report on the derailment of a passenger train at Carmont, Aberdeenshire, last August offers more questions than answers, writes Lisa Gregory. Despite the huge advances we have seen in road safety, workplace safety, and health and safety law generally, we accept that accidents still happen and that some accidents ...
(Permalink) Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Landslide Stonehaven derailment

A union has urged Network Rail to examine 'every mile' of Scottish track to ensure the Stonehaven train crash which killed three people.
(Permalink) Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Landslide Stonehaven derailment

Derailment of a passenger train at Carmont, Aberdeenshire, 12 August 2020.

(Permalink) Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Landslide Stonehaven derailment


Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont]: The huge Ainscough crane being used at the Carmont crash site to lift the rear power car out on 10th September 2020.
Duncan Ross 10/09/2020


Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont]: The site of the derailment has been restored with new track,and drainage and repairs to the bridge.
Network Rail 30/10/2020

A report says a signaller was not aware of any obstruction on the line where a train crashed, killing three people.
(Permalink) Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Landslide Stonehaven derailment

The family of an Aberdeen man, killed when a train derailed near Stonehaven last summer, say their grief is still 'very raw' - as they speak publicly about their loss for the first time.
(Permalink) Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Chris Stuchbury Derailment Landslide Stonehaven derailment

Three people died when a ScotRail train hit stones washed onto the track in Aberdeenshire on August 12 last year.
(Permalink) Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Landslide Stonehaven derailment

Contractors at the scene of the Stonehaven rail disaster ran after hearing a 'loud rumbling noise,' a new report has said.
(Permalink) Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Landslide Stonehaven derailment

The ScotRail train which derailed near Stonehaven leaving three people dead and six other injured came off the tracks after striking stones and debris, an official report has ruled.
(Permalink) Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Landslide Stonehaven derailment

A relative of one of the Stonehaven derailment victims has commissioned her own report into the tragedy.
(Permalink) Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Landslide Stonehaven derailment

A report following the Stonehaven train crash recommends greater use of aerial safety checks.
(Permalink) Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Landslide Stonehaven derailment

An interim report into the Stonehaven rail crash has been received by the procurator fiscal, six months on from the tragedy.
(Permalink) Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Landslide Stonehaven derailment


Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont]: The huge Ainscough crane being used at the Carmont crash site to lift the rear power car out on 10th September 2020.
Duncan Ross 10/09/2020

The sister of a man who died in the Stonehaven rail crash has accused rail authorities of 'structural failures' after a third safety incident came to light.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [East Croft of Carmont] Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Stonehaven derailment


Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont]: The huge Ainscough crane being used at the Carmont crash site to lift the rear power car out on 10th September 2020.
Duncan Ross 10/09/2020


Carron Water Bridge [East Croft of Carmont]: A close up of the damaged parapet on the Carron Water Bridge, which collapsed the previous day on 16th January 2021 (See news item). Network Rail engineers can be seen firing up the chainsaw so I migh ...
Duncan Ross 17/01/2021

An investigation has been launched into trains speeding through the site of the Stonehaven rail crash despite emergency restrictions being in place over landslip fears.
(Permalink) Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Landslide Speed limit Stonehaven derailment

It is understood survivors of the accident near Stonehaven in which three people died are involved in legal action.
(Permalink) Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Landslide Stonehaven derailment

In the aftermath of the Stonehaven crash, our readers asked exactly what happened, how it happened, and why. We spoke to a panel of some of the UK's leading rail experts, and leaders of rail unions, to find out more about the derailment.
(Permalink) Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Landslide Stonehaven derailment

It has been a challenging year for Network Rail.
(Permalink) Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Landslide Stonehaven derailment

A fund for the families of three men killed in the Stonehaven train derailment raises more than £142,000.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Dundee Landslide Stonehaven derailment

The line between Aberdeen and Dundee closed after the crash in August which left three people dead.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Dundee Landslide Stonehaven derailment

An expert has called for rail bosses to 'react quickly' to restore consumer confidence as the line between Aberdeen and Dundee finally reopens following the fatal derailment at Stonehaven this summer.
(Permalink) Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Gareth Dennis Safety ScotRail Stonehaven derailment

ScotRail is to restart through trains between Aberdeen and Dundee after the completion of major track repairs following a fatal derailment in August.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Landslide Stonehaven derailment

Four emergency workers needed medical attention after the Network Rail manager allegedly forgot to activate the handbrake in the powerful SUV.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Stonehaven derailment

The latest stage in extensive recovery and reinstatement works has begun following the Stonehaven derailment on August 12.
(Permalink) Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Landslide Stonehaven derailment


Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont]: Repairs to the embankment, railway and viaduct at West Carmont.
Network Rail /10/2020


Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont]: Repairs to the railway and improvements to the water course at West Carmont.
Network Rail /10/2020

The Stonehaven rail crash and stormy weather led to NHS Grampian cancelling dozens of operations in the summer, it has emerged.
(Permalink) COVID-19 Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Stonehaven derailment

The last of the carriages has been removed from the scene of last months tragic derailment near Stonehaven.
(Permalink) Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Stonehaven

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps makes the comparison about the Stonehaven crash in the House of Commons.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Landslide Stonehaven derailment

A new shuttle service between Montrose and Edinburgh will be introduced from Monday, 14 September to allow customers travelling in the north east to complete their journey by rail.
The service will run Monday to Saturday between Montrose and Edinburgh, and between Montrose and Dundee on Sundays.
It follows the introduction of a rail shuttle service between Aberdeen and Stonehaven last week.
Existing replacement bus services between Dundee and Aberdeen remain in place for customers travelling beyond Montrose.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Dundee Montrose Shuttle service

The first carriage to be removed from the site of the fatal derailment near Stonehaven has been mounted to the back of a lorry and transported south.
(Permalink) A90 Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Landslide Stonehaven derailment

The operation to remove all four of the carriages and two power cars is expected to take several days, depending on weather conditions.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Landslide Stonehaven derailment

Government publishes Network Rails interim report on 12 Augusts tragic derailment of a passenger train at Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Landslide Stonehaven derailment

A Glasgow-bound train which was derailed near Stonehaven is being recovered from the site of the crash.

(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Stonehaven derailment

Lifting begins to remove carriages from the track near Stonehaven.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Stonehaven derailment

A report into the fatal derailment near Stonehaven says the industry must improve its response to extreme weather.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Climate Change Derailment Stonehaven derailment

It is not worth the money to strengthen all 'substandard infrastructure' on the rail network, train chiefs have acknowledged.

(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Stonehaven derailment

Emergency instructions have been issued over train controls after the fatal crash near Stonehaven, a report revealed today.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Stonehaven derailment

Network Rail's work to reopen the railway at Stonehaven will begin this week as it works to carefully recover the carriages involved in the tragic accident.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Stonehaven derailment


Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont]: Aerial view of the preparatory works at the bridge over the Carron Water between Carmont and Stonehaven.
Network Rail /09/2020

The track where three men died in a train derailment in Aberdeenshire is expected to remain closed until at least October as investigators work to overcome difficulties accessing the crash site.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Stonehaven derailment

ScotRail has introduced a shuttle service between Aberdeen and Stonehaven to keep customers in the north east moving.

The new shuttle service, which was introduced today (Monday, 31 August), calls at Aberdeen, Portlethen, and Stonehaven, with some services extended to start or terminate at Inverurie or Dyce. A replacement bus service remains in place between Dundee and Stonehaven.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Portlethen Shuttle Shuttle service Stonehaven derailment

Transport Secretary Michael Matheson has confirmed that investigations at the scene of the Stonehaven train derailment will come to an end this wek.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Michael Matheson Stonehaven derailment


Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont]: This is the view north from Carmont Hill to the site of the Carmont derailment. The bridge over the Carron Water is unseen, in the centre of the view, with the rear of the derailed train to the right. ...
Duncan Ross 30/08/2020

The investigation into the crash which claimed three lives is said to be making 'good progress'.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Stonehaven derailment


Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont]: Temporary vehicle parking facilities in the field alongside the line at the site of the Carmont derailment. 23rd August 2020.
Duncan Ross 23/08/2020

A new road is being built to allow for the recovery of the train carriages destroyed in the tragic derailment near Stonehaven.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Stonehaven derailment


Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont]: Access and recovery work ongoing on 23rd August 2020 at the site of the Carmont derailment.
Duncan Ross 23/08/2020

The tragic events, actions of brave responder and the community response to the Stonehaven rail derailment have been marked in the Scottish Parliament.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Stonehaven derailment

A union chief has raised concerns over the circumstances leading up to the fatal derailment of a passenger train near Stonehaven.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Stonehaven derailment

Heartbroken wife says train driver husband was not at fault for derailment.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Stonehaven derailment

Investigators say the train which derailed near Stonehaven was travelling close to the maximum speed for the line. [Railscot note - Network Rail's sectional appendix shows that for HSTs the limit is 75mph between 219 miles 39 chains (Carmont Level Crossing) and 224 miles 23 chains (near Stonehaven). For other trains the limit is 65mph.]
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Stonehaven derailment

Investigation into a passenger train derailment near Carmont, Aberdeenshire, 12 August 2020.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Stonehaven derailment

An online book of condolences has been set up so that people can pay tribute to those lost in last week's Stonehaven train derailment.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Stonehaven derailment

North-east residents have banded together to nominate a heroic conductor for a prestigious award.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Stonehaven derailment

One person remains in hospital after the devastating Stonehaven train crash last Wednesday that killed three people.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Stonehaven derailment

Scotland's finance secretary has said it was important for the government to act as 'quickly as possible' in the wake of Wednesday's flooding and tragic train crash.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Stonehaven derailment

Nearly £20,000 has been raised to support the families of those killed in the Stonehaven train derailment.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Stonehaven derailment

Calls have been made for further funding for the north-east's transport links in the wake of Stonehaven's train disaster.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Stonehaven derailment

Railway stations across Scotland will fall silent at 09:43 on Wednesday - exactly a week after the crash was reported.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Stonehaven derailment

The sister of the train driver killed in the Stonehaven crash last week has blamed ScotRail bosses for his death.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Stonehaven derailment

The train that derailed in Aberdeenshire on Wednesday, killing three people, may have been travelling at up to 50mph on a bend when it struck a landslip, it has emerged. However, there is no suggestion that the driver was exceeding the areas speed limit, which was 65mph. Nor is there any suggestion he breached safety rules. Informed sources say he would have been in close contact with Network Rail and ScotRail control room staff. [Railscot note - Network Rail's sectional appendix shows that for HSTs the limit is 75mph between 219 miles 39 chains (Carmont Level Crossing) and 224 miles 23 chains. For other trains the limit is 65mph.]
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Stonehaven derailment

The UK's chief inspector of rail accidents said the Stonehaven derailment would have been 'much worse had the train been more heavily loaded'.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Stonehaven derailment

The north-east community has been urged to 'shine a light' by joining together in solidarity for the victims of the Stonehaven train crash.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Stonehaven derailment

The RAIB is investigating a fatal accident that occurred near Carmont on the national rail network in Scotland.

At around 09:40 hrs on Wednesday 12 August 2020, all six vehicles of a passenger train derailed after striking a landslip around 1.4 miles (2.25 km) north-east of Carmont, Aberdeenshire. There were nine people on the train at the time of the accident; three train crew (the driver, conductor and a second conductor travelling as a passenger on this train) and six passengers. Tragically, the driver of the train, the trains conductor and one passenger suffered fatal injuries in the accident. The remaining passengers and member of train crew were taken to hospital.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Landslide RAIB Stonehaven derailment

A rail expert has revealed that the structure of the earth will form part of the investigations.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Stonehaven derailment

The ScotRail 6.38am service from Aberdeen to Glasgow Queen Street High Level derailed and slid down an embankment near Stonehaven between 6.53am and 9.40am on Wednesday.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Stonehaven derailment

Nicola Whyte's family have praised the ScotRail worker who called for help following Wednesday's catastrophic derailment in Aberdeenshire, which killed three people.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Stonehaven derailment

Firefighters who responded to the disaster at Stonehaven will be offered mental health support in the aftermath of the tragedy.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Stonehaven derailment

The Duke of Rothesay is visiting the site of the Stonehaven train derailment today.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Stonehaven derailment

Three people including the driver and conductor died after a train derailed in Aberdeenshire.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Stonehaven derailment

Network Rail has been ordered to inspect high-risk trackside slopes across Britain following the Aberdeenshire crash which left three people dead.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Protective works Stonehaven derailment

Network Rails chief executive Andrew Haines has vowed to understand the cause and put immediate additional safety measures in place following yesterdays derailment near Stonehaven in which three people died and six were injured.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Stonehaven derailment

A member of the public also alerted emergency services after seeing smoke billowing from the valley.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Stonehaven derailment

The stretch of railway line where the derailment occurred has had problems with mudslides in the past.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Landslide Mudslide Stonehaven derailment

Network Rail has announced it will carry out 'supplementary specialist inspections' of 'higher risk' trackside slopes with similar characteristics to the site of the Aberdeenshire train crash.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Stonehaven derailment

Two firefighters were taken to hospital while a further two remained at the scene.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Stonehaven derailment

The train driver and conductor killed in yesterday's Stonehaven train derailment have been named as Brett McCullough and Donald Dinnie.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Stonehaven derailment

The driver who died in the rail derailment near Stonehaven was a former gas engineer who decided to switch careers after servicing the boiler of a railway worker.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Stonehaven derailment

Andrew Haines, Network Rail's chief executive, has arrived at the site of yesterdays train derailment.
(Permalink) Andrew Haines Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Stonehaven derailment

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the news of the deaths of three people in the Stonehaven derailment was 'devastating'.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Nicola Sturgeon Stonehaven derailment

Scotrail services will continue to experience severe disruption throughout the day as passengers are advised to completely avoid certain routes.

(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Stonehaven derailment

The UK and Scottish government Transport Secretaries, Grant Shapps and Michael Matheson will both visit the area later today.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Grant Shapps Michael Matheson Stonehaven derailment

The train came off the tracks on the Dundee-Aberdeen line at about 10am this morning close to old Carmont railway station, near Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire. [The location appears to be close to the Carron Water Viaduct, West Carmont.]
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Stonehaven derailment

Three people, including the driver, have died after a passenger train derailed in Aberdeenshire.

A major incident was declared and about 30 emergency service vehicles were called to the scene near Stonehaven.

It is thought the train hit a landslide after heavy rain and thunderstorms which caused flooding and travel disruption across Scotland.
(Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Flood Landslide Stonehaven derailment

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