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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) report released in May 2003 found that the points were poorly maintained and that this was the principal cause of the accident. [8] The bolts that held the stretcher bars that maintain the distance between the two point blades had come loose or gone missing, causing the point blades to move apart when the ...
The report contained a single conclusion, that the immediate cause of the accident was the condition of the stretcher bar arrangement at points 2B at Lambrigg crossover, which resulted in the loss of gauge separation of the point switch blades. The stretcher bars (components that hold the moving blades of the points the correct distance apart ...
Railway Archive- Accident Report. Early railways in the UK and USA by Charles Adams (published in 1879) Office of the Railway Regulator Reports on major incidents; UK Rail Accident Investigation Branch Publications - Covers the period from 2006 onward. Note as well as major accidents there are reports on relatively minor incidents.
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The cause of the accident was identical to that in Potters Bar nearly five years earlier – once again calling into question Network Rail's maintenance procedures. In 2006, the government launched the Access for All programme to improve accessibility at railway stations in Great Britain. [20]
The bar has been closed since the accident, which took place around 7:30 p.m. "We just purchased the bar in October," co-owner Mindy Andres said on Wednesday. "I was getting groceries when ...
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Mar. 11—An Odessa bar is being sued by the parents of a 19-year-old man who was killed last September in an alcohol-related crash that also killed a 30-year-old woman. According to the lawsuit ...