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The driver of a train that derailed after hitting a landslip was told it was “fine” to proceed at normal speed just minutes before the incident, an inquiry has heard.
Train 1T08 crashed at Carmont near Stonehaven on August 12 2020 after it hit a pile of gravel washed onto the railway track by heavy rain before striking a bridge parapet.
The fatal incident inquiry (FAI) at Aberdeen Sheriff Court heard on Wednesday afternoon that heavy rainfall on August 11 and 12 had caused “severe” disruption to much of Scotland’s rail network on the morning of the crash.
Ash Gardner, inspector of rail accidents at the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB), told the inquiry train 1T08 passed the site of the derailment at 6.59am on its journey south.
A couple of minutes later, shortly after it had passed Carmont signal box, the driver was told to stop and return north to Stonehaven due to a landslip on the line ahead.
Transport for London (TfL) has set out its new draft Business Plan, its ambitious programme for the future of London’s transport network.
The new document, which covers TfL’s plans and investment priorities to 2029/30 sets out how TfL will deliver transformational change to its services and improve the experience of its customers, drivers, cyclists and pedestrians in London.
The commitments in the plan includes supporting the Mayor’s plans to transform Oxford Street and the delivery of new affordable housing and jobs with the recently confirmed proposals for DLR extension to Thamesmead via Beckton Riverside.
It also continues to make the case for other growth schemes across London such as the Bakerloo line Extension, making Great Northern services from Moorgate to Stevenage and Hertford North part of London Overground, and developing the West London Orbital – a new London Overground route between Hounslow and Hendon via Old Oak Common using existing under-used freight lines.
A pair of MPs have urged the government to support a £180m project to replace an ailing road bridge over a railway on a busy city route.
An article on the BBC website says Oxford MPs Dame Anneliese Dodds and Layla Moran visited the A423 Kennington bridge on Friday to voice their support for a council scheme to replace the ageing bridge.
Plans to replace the structure, which is part of the Oxford ring road and used by around 50,000 vehicles a day, stalled last year when a £71m funding gap in the scheme was uncovered.
Oxfordshire County Council is currently lobbying the government to provide the additional funds required to replace the bridge.
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