Scotland : Train derails , 6 hurt, 3 Deaths

[arista]

https://news.sky.com/story/train-derails-in-aberdeenshire-emergency-services-at-the-scene-12047701


[Emergency services are responding to a train derailment in Aberdeenshire.
In a statement, British Transport Police
said: "Officers were called to the scene at 9.43am and remain there
alongside paramedics and the fire brigade."
Footage posted on social media showed smoke billowing from the scene in Stonehaven.
A number of ambulances and a medical helicopter were pictured parked in a nearby field.
Scotland First Minister Nicola Sturgeon described
the derailment as an "extremely serious incident".]

[Crimson Dynamo]

just saw pics from afar lots of dark smoke billowing from train. does not look good

[arista]

Extreme Rain yesterday



Not confirmed : One Dead.

[Livia]

How awful... hope everyone made it.

[arista]

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Hard to get in the valley

[Cherie]

oh that doesn't look great, hope there are no major injuries

[joeysteele]

Sounds really awful.

[user104658]

I wonder if it's related to flooding? There was a bit of debris on a few roads this morning, possible that something larger like a boulder has been washed onto the tracks/mini-landslide.

[arista]

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[Ammi]

...this is awful, I keep checking for an update of those multiple injuries...such an horrific thing...:sad:..

[Ammi]

ScotsRail train driver 'killed in derailment caused by landslip'...

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/aberdeenshire-scotland-train-derailed-crash-103336164.html

[Ammi]

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[user104658]

ScotsRail train driver 'killed in derailment caused by landslip'...

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/aberdeenshire-scotland-train-derailed-crash-103336164.html

Related to the storms and rainfall last night then (it was absolutely crazy, I've never seen anything like it in the UK). I can't help but think that they should have been more cautious with running the trains though... the weather was so obviously extreme that landslides seemed to be not just possible but actually likely. Like I said above, a fair bit of minor land debris on the roads today and railways are even more prone to it.

[Ninastar]

I have family in this area... holy ****

[Niamh.]

Hope they're OK Caitlin

RIP to the Driver :(

[arista]

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Problems of the track near that area
The Extreme rain last night has effected much of the track
this train is reported as first early train
after 6AM.
And The River near that track has burst its banks.

[arista]

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[arista]

['Landslip' caused ScotRail crash that killed driver 'and one other':
Train derails and bursts into flames on 'water-logged line'
that track operator warned 'was closed' due to floods just minutes later]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/08/12/13/31863730-8619291-image-a-41_1597234415948.jpg


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8619291/ScotRail-train-derails-near-Aberdeen-sparking-emergency-response.html

[Kizzy]

Horrible news the poor driver and victim, he must have done all he could or this would've been a lot worse judging by past derailments and the speed of trains today.

[arista]

Police have now confirmed 3 are sadly dead
including the Driver,


[ScotRail horror crash leaves 'three dead, eight injured and
one missing' after a landslip caused train to derail on 'flood-hit line'
Train came off the tracks at 9.40am close to old Carmont railway station,
near Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire
Class 43 Inter7City train from Aberdeen to
Glasgow had six crew members and six passengers on board
Suspected cause was a landslip and ScotRail train involved
was made up of a locomotive and four carriages
Dramatic video footage shows smoke billowing from
the area with 30 emergency vehicles sent to the scene]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8619291/ScotRail-train-derails-near-Aberdeen-sparking-emergency-response.html

[arista]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/08/12/16/31871168-0-image-m-15_1597246983810.jpg

[arista]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/08/12/16/31870982-8619291-An_aerial_view_of_the_ScotRail_train_derailment_wh ich_took_place-a-116_1597246918003.jpg

[arista]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/08/12/16/31870946-8619291-image-a-100_1597246736294.jpg
[Flames are pictured coming out of one of the carriages following the accident near Stonehaven this morning]

[Zizu]

Guess it’s fortunate that there were only 12 people on board ... including 6 staff


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[arista]

Guess it’s fortunate that there were only 12 people on board ... including 6 staff


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Yes an Early Train.

[arista]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/08/12/16/31870980-8619291-A_train_carriage-a-115_1597246915961.jpg

[joeysteele]

So sad that lives have been lost.
Tragic.

[bots]

looking at the extent of the accident i'm surprised there weren't more fatalities

[arista]

So sad that lives have been lost.
Tragic.

The Brave driver turned back
but then another landslip started
it all went so fast.


Its a shame as the amount of Flooding in Scotland
the night before was a massive warning.


So far 3 dead
including the driver

[arista]

They need to Fly Drones
and check tracks before the trains start.

Ch4HDnews reported the Conductor also died

6 are in hospital not in a bad way, though.

[joeysteele]

The Brave driver turned back
but then another landslip started
it all went so fast.


Its a shame as the amount of Flooding in Scotland
the night before was a massive warning.


So far 3 dead
including the driver
and one missing, they are saying.

That's even more sad to hear about the driver turning back.

[UserSince2005]

You would never expect to go to work and die. How horrible in this day and age

[arista]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/08/12/16/31870944-8619291-image-m-104_1597246782814.jpg

[arista]

That's even more sad to hear about the driver turning back.

He was doing his job.
Reversing from one landslip,
only to find another one just starting.


Brave driver
they lost
and a Conductor

[joeysteele]

He was doing his job.
Reversing from one landslip,
only to find another one just starting.


Brave driver
they lost
and a Conductor

Awful tragedy.
Their families will be distraught too.
Brave indeed arista he was.

[user104658]

looking at the extent of the accident i'm surprised there weren't more fatalities

There weren't many people on the train, apparently.

[arista]

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[arista]

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[arista]

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[UserSince2005]

How many people were actually on this train. I’m starting the think Scotrail Is underused and overfunded

[Barry.]

How many people were actually on this train. I’m starting the think Scotrail Is underused and overfunded

It was the 6.20am train.

[UserSince2005]

It was the 6.20am train.

well they shouldnt have a 6:20am train if there’s like 5 passengers.
Would have saved these poor men’s lives too.
Shame on Scotrail.

[arista]

well they shouldnt have a 6:20am train if there’s like 5 passengers.
Would have saved these poor men’s lives too.
Shame on Scotrail.


ScotRail have no control
over Extreme Weather.


I would use Drones to go down the lines
in the future.

[arista]

How many people were actually on this train. I’m starting the think Scotrail Is underused and overfunded


China's Covid-19
has changed the amount of workers that commute

[user104658]

well they shouldnt have a 6:20am train if there’s like 5 passengers.
Would have saved these poor men’s lives too.
Shame on Scotrail.China's Covid-19
has changed the amount of workers that commute
Indeed... UserSince appears to have forgotten that (thankfully, in this case) many people are still working from home because of Covid. If that has been a normal pre-covid commuter train there would have been a lot more people on board.

[Cherie]

Yes they were 'lucky' it was just outside main commuter time and at a period where trains are very quiet, RIP to the dead

[arista]

4 have been discharged
from Hospital.

[arista]

Photos of the 3 dead

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8624423/Pictured-Father-62-Aberdeen-passenger-ScotRail-train.html

[Ammi]

...just awful...3 people leave their homes and families that day for what would seem a ‘normal day’ and they never return...it’s heartbreaking, I can’t imagine the worlds of their families right now....just so, so tragic...:sad:..

[Nicky91]

Indeed... UserSince appears to have forgotten that (thankfully, in this case) many people are still working from home because of Covid. If that has been a normal pre-covid commuter train there would have been a lot more people on board.

not everyone can work from home though


someone responsible here i suggest take a look at maintenance records of this specific train, maintenance crew for those train-rails too, or look at weather stats like if the track was damaged due to a recent storm what occured before this incident

[user104658]

not everyone can work from home though





someone responsible here i suggest take a look at maintenance records of this specific train, maintenance crew for those train-rails too, or look at weather stats like if the track was damaged due to a recent storm what occured before this incidentThey know why it happened Nicky - landslides into the track, caused by torrential rainfall in the crazy lightning storms on the East Coast of Scotland the night before.

From reports so far it seems that they are carrying out a safety review of parts of the rail network that are at risk of the same thing happening. Part of the problem is that the rail network across the whole UK has some very old routes, being one of the earliest countries to have a rail network, and so there are stretches of track where if you were building one in modern times, you just wouldn't even build there.

[arista]

...just awful...3 people leave their homes and families that day for what would seem a ‘normal day’ and they never return...it’s heartbreaking, I can’t imagine the worlds of their families right now....just so, so tragic...:sad:..


Yes The Driver reversed
as he could see a landslip ahead
but then another landslip just started.

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/08/14/01/31915130-8625855-An_annual_health_and_safety_report_by_rail_safety_ watchdog_the_O-a-80_1597363866090.jpg
Getting a Rail crane in there, to help.



[6.38am: Despite heavy rain overnight in the area,
the train left Aberdeen station as normal, bound for Glasgow Queen Street.

6.53am: The train calls at Stonehaven station as normal,
before departing and heading south.

Between 6.53am and 9.40am: After leaving Stonehaven,
the train continued south, before encountering a landslip, caused by torrential rain.

It began to return north to Stonehaven, initially remaining on the
southbound line before crossing at Carmont onto the northbound line.
It then hit a second landslip and derailed while returning to Stonehaven.]