The interim @raibgovuk report covering the 2020 Carmont derailment is out: gov.uk/government/new…
Interesting reading in relation to the operational response to multiple infrastructure failures - but the crashworthiness of the HST is also under question.
Interesting reading in relation to the operational response to multiple infrastructure failures - but the crashworthiness of the HST is also under question.
The full list of factors being investigated is as follows (sorry for images rather than text): 
Read and compare with my list of questions from immediately after the derailment, including on the need for clearer rules on the placement of derailment protection and vehicle retention devices (e.g. guard rails):
https://twitter.com/GarethDennis/status/1294188741557460993
From this interim report, I think it is clear that this was a derailment that occurred as a result of operational failures (in challenging but not unforeseeable conditions)...
This is the area where we as an industry have most to learn but also where we can respond most rapidly.
This is the area where we as an industry have most to learn but also where we can respond most rapidly.
I am sure all of us in the industry are looking forward to the publication of the full report as promptly as possible.
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