67 h. ago Train crash investigation finds tractor driver asked for permission to cross before 80mph collision

Investigators said the tractor driver ‘telephoned the signaller before using the crossing’ in lead up to collision

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4 d. ago Leominster tractor driver 'asked permission to cross' before train smashed into it

Early findings from the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) have revealed the driver of a tractor followed protocol moments before a train collided with a loaded agricultural trailer

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6 d. ago Wishaw drivers warned of road closure near the town’s train station

Carriageway resurfacing will take place in Station Road between June 14 and 20 from the B7032 Caledonian Road to the train station access.

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8 d. ago Russia says blasts led to deadly train crashes in regions bordering Ukraine

Investigators say ‘explosions’ caused two bridges to collapse, triggering derailments and at least seven deathsRussian investigators said they believed “explosions” had caused two bridges in the border regions of Kursk and Bryansk to collapse overnight, derailing trains, killing at least seven people and injuring dozens.In Bryansk, which borders Ukraine, a road bridge collapsed on to a railway line late on Saturday, derailing a passenger train heading to Moscow and killing at least seven people. A rail bridge in neighbouring Kursk also collapsed overnight, derailing a freight train and injuring the driver, officials said. Kursk also borders Ukraine. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Russia says blasts led to deadly train crashes in regions bordering Ukraine on eve of peace talks

Investigators say blasts caused two bridges to collapse, triggering derailments and at least seven deathsRussian investigators said on Sunday they believed “explosions” had caused two bridges in the border regions of Kursk and Bryansk to collapse overnight, derailing trains, killing at least seven people and injuring dozens.In Bryansk, which borders Ukraine, a road bridge collapsed on to a railway line late on Saturday, derailing a passenger train heading to Moscow and killing at least seven people. A rail bridge in neighbouring Kursk also collapsed overnight, derailing a freight train and injuring the driver, officials said. Kursk also borders Ukraine. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Met warned over failure to train staff after moped driver, 18, died in pursuit

Lewis Johnson died after hitting a traffic light pole in Clapton Common, east London on February 9 2016 while trying to evade arrest.

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4 w. ago ‘It’s an illogical job’: Why driving a train isn’t as cushy as it might seem

The rulebook is hefty, the hours are awful and the hurdles to becoming a train driver huge. But 18-year-olds can now applyFew professions’ pay have aroused such incredulous ire as train drivers: earning an average of nearly £70,000 a year, going on strike to demand more, and they don’t even have to steer. But if it really is such a cushy number, why doesn’t Britain have enough drivers – and what does it take to join their ranks?Driver shortages have become a leading cause of disruption on Britain’s railways; about seven out of eight “P-coded” cancellations, made the night before travel, are down to a missing driver. Continue reading...

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