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crash. an automatic braking system wasn't installed on the treach of rail where the in the dent occurred. the technology is to be in place by end of 2015. u.k. rails are operating a lower tech version of the automatic blakes. phil black explains how they work. >> reporter: west london, september 1997. a passenger train and freight train collide killing seven, injuring more than 100. two years later, another collision. involving a passenger train in london kills 31 people. these accidents refocused safety efforts on the british rail network. >> a matter of the will, really, from, from, the country as a hole. >> the chief of safety on britain's rail network says it led to a system now rolled out in high risk areas across the country. >> it was deemed the technology was available to overcome human error. >> reporter: called train
asked about it so i got scolded for mentioning it on the radio" and he wrote "the railroad culture is to avoid admitting operating irregularities on the recorded radio channel." amtrak declined to comment on the postings. >> from my vantage, 40 years in the railway industry and dealing with safety the railroad industry takes safety very, very seriously. >> that was cnn's brian todd reporting. an automatic braking system wasn't installed on the stretch of rail where this incident occurred. the technology is supposed to be in place by the end of 2015, but uk rails are already operating a lower tech version of the automatic brakes. phil black explains how it works. >> reporter: west london, september 1997. passenger train and a freight train collide killing seven, injuring more than 100. two years later another collision involving a passenger train in london kills 31 people.