[arista]

[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

[user104658]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

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]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

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

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by arista

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.

[arista]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

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]

Originally Posted by arista

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.

[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.

[UserSince2005]

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

[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.]

Originally Posted by UserSince2005

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]

Originally Posted by Barry.

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]

Originally Posted by UserSince2005

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]

Originally Posted by UserSince2005

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]

Originally Posted by UserSince2005

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.

Originally Posted by arista

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

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

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]

Originally Posted by Nicky91

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

They 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]

4 have been discharged
from Hospital.

[arista]

Photos of the 3 dead

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ail-train.html