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The latest rail news on Thursday, 12th August 2021
One year ago today three lives were tragically lost and six other people were injured when a ScotRail train derailed near Stonehaven.
This morning Scotland’s railway fell silent and trains stopped running for one minute at 9.43am – the time the accident was first reported.
Driver Brett McCullough, conductor Donald Dinnie and passenger Christopher Stuchbury died when the ScotRail train derailed after striking a landslip in Aberdeenshire.
Alex Hynes, Scotland’s Railway Managing Director, said: “We come together as Scotland’s Railway family and we send our love and support to everyone, particularly the loved ones of the deceased, who have been affected by the tragedy. We will never forget.”
Meanwhile the ASLEF union say a memorial plaque will today be unveiled at Stonehaven station.
In other news and a £157 million new railway station could be on its way to Chelmsford as the first plan has been lodged.
An article in the East Anglian Daily Times says Chelmsford City Council has received an environmental impact assessment application for Beaulieu railway station, which may have a significant influence on the final plan.
The station is part of a £218 million project to improve the city, and the aim is that the new £157 million station will bring in more trains to London and reduce congestion at Chelmsford’s current train station.
Passengers are set to benefit from brand-new track and better journeys when travelling to and from Bristol Temple Meads station.
The Rail Minister, Chris Heaton-Harris, is visiting Bristol today to see the progress Network Rail is making on completing the £132 million Department for Transport-funded project.
Network Rail engineers have been working around the clock to complete the track upgrade which involves removing a bottleneck into Bristol Temple Meads and installing a clever new track layout just north of the station.
A fly-tipper has been convicted and ordered to pay £3,000 after his home address was found in illegally dumped waste on railway land in Lancashire.
Piles of rubbish from a home improvement project were dumped at a track access point at Burnley earlier this year.
The culprit was caught when an invoice for building materials, displaying their name and address, was found amongst the mess.
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