An off-duty conductor climbed out of the wreckage of a derailed ScotRail train and walked a mile to the nearest signal box to raise the alarm, it emerged last night. The unnamed staff member managed to escape a carriage and run to alert operators after the service derailed on Wednesday morning close to Carmont Railway station, … Read more
Train in Kent smashes into landslide but is NOT derailed and passengers are safely evacuated – just a day after similar incident in Scotland killed three Southeastern service ‘struck an obstruction’ on the tracks near to West Malling Total of 18 passengers evacuated by police after train became unable to move ScotRail train derailed near … Read more
Train in Kent smashes into landslide but is NOT derailed and passengers are safely evacuated – just a day after similar incident in Scotland killed three Southeastern service ‘struck an obstruction’ on the tracks near to West Malling Total of 18 passengers evacuated by police after train became unable to move ScotRail train derailed near … Read more
Pictured: Chris Stuchbury, 62, who was killed when a ScotRail passenger train derailed near Stonehaven yesterday A father who was a passenger on the ScotRail train which derailed on a ‘flood-hit’ line in Aberdeenshire yesterday has been named as the third victim of the tragedy. Chris Stuchbury, 62, died alongside train driver Brett McCullough, 45, and conductor Donald … Read more
Investigators are today probing a horror derailment which killed three people and injured several others after a train slipped from a ‘flood-hit’ line in Scotland – just four weeks after track operators were warned of a spike in dangerous landslips. Train driver Brett McCullough, 45, was killed alongside conductor Donald Dinnie and one other person … Read more
How the Stonehaven train tragedy unfolded today 6.38am: Despite heavy rain overnight in the area, the train left Aberdeen station as normal, bound for Glasgow Queen Street. 6.53am: The train calls at Stonehaven station as normal, before departing and heading south. Between 6.53am and 9.40am: After leaving Stonehaven, the train continued south, before encountering a landslip, … Read more
How the Stonehaven train tragedy unfolded today 6.38am: Despite heavy rain overnight in the area, the train left Aberdeen station as normal, bound for Glasgow Queen Street. 6.53am: The train calls at Stonehaven station as normal, before departing and heading south. Between 6.53am and 9.40am: After leaving Stonehaven, the train continued south, before encountering a landslip, … Read more
ScotRail train derails near Aberdeen sparking huge emergency response with 30 ambulances and air ambulance racing to remote scene By Mark Duell for MailOnline Published: 11:43 BST, 12 August 2020 | Updated: 11:53 BST, 12 August 2020 A ScotRail train derailed near Aberdeen today sparking a huge emergency response with 30 vehicles and an air … Read more
Book tickets now or you will risk missing your train! How some routes are already sold out until September Advance tickets are supposed to be released up to 12 weeks ahead of a journey But often train operators are releasing tickets for only the next four weeks They are then drip-feeding further seats over time By … Read more
Last week, I saw a quote suggesting Britain is seeing a ‘polo mint’ effect – that is, city centres hollowing out and periphery towns buzzing with activity. This is where office workers have been remote working from home in the pandemic and since lockdown eased, are spending more money in local shops, cafes, restaurants, pubs … Read more