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Investigation into a collision at Aviemore station on the Strathspey Railway, Highland, 29 September 2023.
(Permalink) Aviemore Flying Scotsman RAIB |
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Overspeed incidents at blanket emergency speed restrictions between Stirling and Perth, Scotland, 15 July 2023.
(Permalink) Blackford Emergency Speed Restrictions Gleneagles Overspeed RAIB |
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Investigation into the derailment of a tram at Bulwell, Nottingham, 12 June 2023.
(Permalink) Bulwell Derailment NET Nottingham RAIB Tram |
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Rail accident investigators have issued an urgent safety warning after two trains were caught accelerating to double the speed limit which could lead a catastrophic train crash.
(Permalink) Peterborough RAIB |
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Investigation into the derailment of a freight train at Petteril Bridge Junction, Carlisle, 19 October 2022. Currently available evidence indicates that the derailment was almost certainly a result of a wheelset with false flanges encountering a set of switches that are part of the junction. False flanges are associated with the flat areas on wheel treads which can result when rail wheels stop rotating while a vehicle is running.
(Permalink) Derailment False flanges Petteril Bridge Junction RAIB |
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RAIB has today released its report into a wrong side signalling failure and derailment at Dalwhinnie, Badenoch and Strathspey, 10 April 2021.
(Permalink) Ben Alder Level Crossing Dalwhinnie Derailment RAIB Signalling Wiring |
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The incident happened near to Dalwhinnie station in the Highlands at around 3.01am on April 10, 2021.
(Permalink) Ben Alder Level Crossing Dalwhinnie Derailment RAIB Signalling Wiring  Ben Alder Level Crossing: The derailed HST with power cars 43015 and 43012 south of Dalwhinnie. The RAIB said: 'The train consisted of a short-form HST that was travelling south when the last two vehicles derailed in proximity ...  Ben Alder Level Crossing: This is the HST that derailed around 3AM this morning. A quote from RAIB: 'We are deploying inspectors to gather evidence following the derailment of a test train at Dalwhinnie on the Highland Line in ...  Ben Alder Level Crossing: This is the derailed HST at Dalwhinnie viewed from the level crossing to the north. |
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RAIB has today released its report into a buffer stop collision at Kirkby, Merseyside, 13 March 2021.
(Permalink) Kirkby Merseyside RAIB  Kirkby: Looking at the buffer stops on the Merseyrail side of Glovers Brow road bridge, Kirkby as a Northern service to Manchester departs from the platform on the other side. The walkway between the two plat ... |
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Near miss with track workers at Paddington Subway Junction, west London, 18 July 2022.
(Permalink) Near miss with track workers Paddington Subway Junction RAIB |
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Overspeeds in weather-related Blanket Emergency Speed Restrictions on Western and Wales routes, 18 and 19 July 2022.
(Permalink) Blanket Emergency Speed Restrictions Overspeeds RAIB |
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Investigation into near miss between a train and level crossing users near Farnborough North station, 19 May 2022.
(Permalink) Farnborough North Level Crossing Near miss RAIB |
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Near miss with track workers and collision with a tree on the line at Uphill Junction, near Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, 14 January 2022.
(Permalink) RAIB Uphill Junction Weston-super-Mare  Uphill Junction: FGW 43020 speeds past Uphill Junction leading a Sunday Paddington to Plymouth HST service on 18th May 2014. The Weston-super-Mare loop line can be seen trailing in on the left. |
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RAIB has today released its report into a runaway of a road-rail vehicle at Belle Isle Junction, 16 May 2021.
(Permalink) Belle Isle Junction RAIB Runaway vehicle |
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Passengers were thrown from their seats and hit by falling luggage on a train being driven at 50mph above the speed limit, investigators said.
(Permalink) Overspeed Peterborough RAIB |
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Overspeeding incident at Peterborough station, Cambridgeshire, 17 April 2022.
(Permalink) Overspeed Peterborough RAIB |
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Passenger trapped indoors and dragged at Wood Street station, north-east London, 14 January 2022.
(Permalink) RAIB Wood Street |
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Track worker struck by a train near Chalfont & Latimer station, Buckinghamshire, 15 April 2022.
(Permalink) Chalfont & Latimer RAIB |
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RAIB has today released its report into a near miss at Coltishall Lane User Worked Level Crossing, Norfolk, 21 January 2021.
(Permalink) Coltishall Lane User Worked Level Crossing Near miss Norfolk RAIB |
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Preliminary examination into three overspeeding incidents at Stafford, Crewe and Warrington on 21 February 2022.
(Permalink) Crewe.Warrington Overspeed RAIB Stafford |
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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.
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Investigation into a train driver struck and fatally injured by a passing train near West Worthing station on 1 February 2022.
(Permalink) RAIB West Worthing |
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When two passenger trains collided in Salisbury in October last year, a major incident was declared by the emergency services and 15 people, including one of the drivers, were taken to hospital. Preliminary findings by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) attributed the incident to the South Western Railway train involved in the crash passing ...
(Permalink) RAIB SPAD Safety Salisbury Tunnel Junction Signal passed at danger |
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A loose 10mm nut caused the derailment of ten 100-tonne tanker wagons at Llangennech, resulting in a fire and the spillage of nearly half a million litres of oil. Malcolm Dobells report explains how such an apparently small failing led to such a serious event and shows that, on a hi-tech railway, the basic nuts ...
(Permalink) Derailment Llangennech RAIB |
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RAIB investigation into a train running onto a washed-out section of line near Haddiscoe, Norfolk, 30 January 2022.
(Permalink) Haddiscoe RAIB  Haddiscoe: A very high tide and winds have caused ballast to be washed away at Haddiscoe on the Norwich to Lowestoft line. This empty stock movement was able to stop immediately in front of the washed away secti ... |
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Collision between passenger trains at Salisbury Tunnel Junction, 31 October 2021.
(Permalink) RAIB Salisbury Tunnel Junction |
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Near miss with track workers and collision with a tree on the line at Uphill Junction, near Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, 14 January 2022.
(Permalink) RAIB Uphill Junction  Uphill Junction: A Taunton to Bristol local service swings left onto the Weston-super-Mare loop at Uphill Junction. 150121 is one of two three-car sets operated by First Great Western in 2014. |
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Andrew Hall has been appointed Chief Inspector of Rail Accidents.
(Permalink) Andrew Hall Chief Inspector of Rail Accidents RAIB |
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Investigation into the derailment of a freight train approaching London Gateway, Essex, 24 December 2021.
(Permalink) London Gateway RAIB |
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RAIB has today released its report into the derailment and fire involving a tanker train at Llangennech, Carmarthenshire, 26 August 2020.
(Permalink) Derailment Llangennech Oil train RAIB |
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The RAIB has today released its report into the runaway and derailment of wagons at Toton, Nottinghamshire, 17 January 2021.
(Permalink) Derailment RAIB Toton Yard |
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Collision with a tree and derailment at Balderton, Cheshire, 26 November 2021.
(Permalink) Balderton Derailment Fallen tree RAIB |
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Investigation into a collision between a passenger train and a buffer stop at Enfield Town, 12 October 2021.
(Permalink) Enfield Town RAIB |
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Collision between a tram and a child cyclist near to Audenshaw tram stop, Greater Manchester, 1 September 2021.
(Permalink) Audenshaw [Tram] Collision RAIB Tram |
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Collision between train and engineering trolley at Twickenham, south-west London, 8 September 2021.
(Permalink) Engineering trolley RAIB Twickenham |
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Investigation into a collision and derailment of a freight train at Kisby user worked level crossing, Cambridgeshire, 19 August 2021.
(Permalink) Derailment Kisby Level Crossing RAIB |
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A ScotRail driver was injured when his train hit a fallen branches despite trees in the vicinity on Scottish Government-owned land being identified as high risk to the railway eight months before, a report revealed today. [See RAIB News item of the 6th below. -RS]
(Permalink) Collision Glencarse Injury RAIB ScotRail Tree |
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He passed a red light at around 60mph and only stopped just before he hit a stationary train. [See RAIB item of 26th.]
(Permalink) Amersham Chalfont & Latimer Chiltern Railways Metropolitan RAIB |
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Investigation into a runaway of a mobile elevated work platform from Belle Isle junction, north London, 16 May 2021.
(Permalink) Belle Isle Junction RAIB Runaway |
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Rail Accident Investigation Branch report for the operational period ending 31 December 2020.
(Permalink) RAIB Rail Accident Investigation Branch |
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Runaway at Dereham Station, Mid Norfolk Railway, 10 December 2020.
(Permalink) Dereham Mid Norfolk Railway RAIB |
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RAIB has today released its report into a runaway and derailment of a wagon at Clitheroe, Lancashire, 9 March 2020.
(Permalink) Clitheroe Derailment Horrocksford Junction RAIB Runaway |
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Investigation into a freight train derailment at Sheffield station, South Yorkshire, 11 November 2020.
(Permalink) RAIB Sheffield derailment |
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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 |
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Pair 'almost certainly wearing ear defenders' and were not aware of train until too late. There were no formal lookouts when two experienced rail workers were hit and killed on a train mainline, a report has found. Gareth Delbridge, 64, and Michael 'Spike' Lewis, 58, were struck on the south Wales mainline by a Swansea to London train on 3 July.
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A passenger was killed while leaning out of a train window below a warning sticker, accident investigators found.
Bethan Roper, 28, from Penarth, suffered a fatal blow to the head when she was struck by a tree branch. The charity worker had been shopping at Bath's Christmas market with friends on 1 December and was travelling home. A preliminary report by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) found the Bristol-bound train was travelling at 85mph at the time. (Permalink) RAIB |
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A passenger train struck the end of a piece of rail left on a track following engineering work, the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has said.
The Virgin Trains East Coast train, which had left Inverness bound for London, knocked the 130m (425ft) long rail clear. The train did not derail and was not damaged in the incident on 25 February at Cradlehall, near Inverness. Urgent safety advice has been issued by the RAIB to Network Rail. ScotRail Alliance, which Network Rail Scotland is part of, said it carried out a full investigation after the incident and had taken 'immediate steps to highlight the seriousness to all our employees'. (Permalink) RAIB |
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Two train crew were injured when they jumped from a runaway train in Fife last month, accident investigators revealed today.
The incident happened after the DB Cargo train's brakes were damaged when it hit a fallen 1ft-thick tree branch and ran away for four miles. The driver and a colleague suffered 'minor injuries' when they jumped from the train as it started to roll backwards, the UK Government's Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) reported. (Permalink) RAIB |
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A tram driver was sacked for speeding on a bend on the Oldham line in Greater Manchester in June.
The Metrolink driver took a corner at nearly three times the speed limit causing passengers to be hurled from their seats, the Manchester Evening News reported. Three passengers suffered 'very minor' injuries, operator Metrolink said. It was therefore 'not reportable' under the Rail Accident and Investigation Branch (RAIB) guidelines, it said. [From Mark Bartlett] (Permalink) RAIB |
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Seven people have died and dozens more have been injured after a tram overturned in London.
People were trapped inside and more than 50 were taken to hospital after the derailment in Croydon just after 06:00 GMT. The tram driver, 42, from Beckenham, has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter. British Transport Police said they were investigating whether he fell asleep. The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) said the tram was travelling at a 'significantly higher speed than is permitted'. (Permalink) Croydon Derailment RAIB Tram  Wimbledon: Part of the former through platform 10 on the east side of Wimbledon station on 3 July 2004. The south end of the platform now forms the western terminus of the Tramlink network. Waiting to dep ...  East Croydon [Tram]: A no 3 tram for New Addington photographed at East Croydon on 25 September. |
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Rail Accident Investigation Branch: Investigation into trains passing over an undermined Lamington Viaduct, South Lanarkshire, 31 December 2015.
(Permalink) Lamington Viaduct RAIB  Lamington Viaduct: Detail of the Network Rail poster at Glasgow Central showing the damage and repairs to Lamington Viaduct.  Lamington Viaduct: Aerial view of Lamington Viaduct looking east over the works to repair damage caused during Storm Frank. Network Rail have announced that works will continue throughout February. Network Rail 18/01/2016  Lamington Viaduct: Some of the considerable activity taking place on and around the WCML viaduct at Lamington on the morning of 2 January 2016. Part of the structure has suffered due to the effects of recent heavy rainf ... |
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High winds blew a container off a freight train travelling at 75mph (120km/h), investigators have said.
The empty 30ft (9m) cargo crashed through trees and a wall on an embankment near Scout Green, Cumbria. No-one was injured but the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) said the potential for more serious consequences was evident. There were 62mph (99km/h) cross winds when the container fell on on 7 March, investigators said. (Permalink) Crash RAIB |
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The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has published a report into its preliminary examination of the crash, which took place at around 12.35pm on Monday, May 12.
(Permalink) Crash RAIB  Loughborough Central: General view of the GCR facilities at Loughborough on 6 October 2011 with ex-SDJR No 88 standing on the left alongside the water tower. |
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