Track points 'heavily worn' at Waverley derailment site [BBC News]





Date: 06/08/2011

Part of the points on the rail line at Edinburgh Waverley where a train derailed has been found to be 'heavily worn' in a preliminary examination.


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Part of the points on the rail line at Edinburgh Waverley where a train derailed are found to be "heavily worn" in an investigation.

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