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Stonehaven crash: Experts answer questions about August 12 rail tragedy


Updated: December 21, 2020, 7:25 am
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In the aftermath of the Stonehaven crash, our readers asked exactly what happened, how it happened, and why. We spoke to a panel of some of the UK’s leading rail experts, and leaders of rail unions, to find out more about the derailment.
The experts
Nigel Harris
Managing editor and events director at RAIL magazines – a role he has had since 1995. He has worked in railway publishing since 1981, starting as assistant editor of Steam. ....

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Stonehaven rail crash: Experts answer questions about August 12 tragedy


Map showing weather conditions at 5.30am on August 12
Map showing weather conditions at 7am on August 12
Rail authorities cancelled part of the service and started it from Aberdeen at 7.18am assuming that, because it was dry in Aberdeen when they made the decision around 5.30am, the risk of flooding there was much lower.
But by the time that amended service was ready to roll out of Aberdeen station – at 7.18am – the thunderstorms had reached the Granite City – something the bosses would not have been able to predict at 5.30am.
Why was the train that crashed allowed to leave?
This a question posed by loved ones of the victims and union officials. ....

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