Rail workers avoided 125mph train by less than a second [BBC News]
Date: 14/04/2020
A train travelling at 125mph almost struck three track workers after a breakdown in communications, rail accident investigators have concluded.
The workers jumped clear less than one second before the train passed them on the West Coast main line in November.
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Workers avoided 125mph train by less than a second
BBC News
A report says there was a breakdown in communications before the near miss on the West Coast main line.
Safety digest 03/2020: Kirtlebridge
RAIB Report - Near miss with track workers near Kirtlebridge, Dumfries and Galloway, 14 November 2019
RAIB has today released its safety digest into a near miss with track workers near Kirtlebridge, Dumfries and Galloway, 14 November 2019.
