Rail safety

It's official! Faulty points to blame for Cumbria rail crash

Inspection train spotted faulty track before crash
Network safe, rail bosses insist

Christian Wolmar's official website
He wrote a revealing article in Tuesday night's edition of The Standard, Network Rail bosses should pay for this but I can't find a link to it. He bemoans the fact in olden days points were inspected by local teams who knew their area backwards. An ex-railway worker told him , "My boss would take me down to a set of points he had maintained which were so accurately calibrated that putting a cigarette paper between the blades would cause them to fail safe." Like most other public/customer services in England such dedication and familiarity seems no more.

Some train operators improve, but more to be done

Read Louise Christian, the solicitor who represented victims of the 2002 Potters Bar crash, half way down page.

Jarvis admits liability for Potters Bar crash