http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10772410

Potters Bar crash caused by points failure

A points failure caused the Potters Bar train crash which killed seven
people, an inquest jury has decided.

It said the points were in an unsafe condition and there had been
failures to either inspect or maintain them.

Seven people were killed on 10 May 2002 when a train hit faulty points
south of Potters Bar station in Hertfordshire.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10772410

In message , at 13:10:59 on
Fri, 30 Jul 2010, Bruce remarked:
A points failure caused the Potters Bar train crash which killed seven
people, an inquest jury has decided.

Who'd a thunk it.

It said the points were in an unsafe condition and there had been
failures to either inspect or maintain them.

BBC saying this verdict may affect maintenance regimes - what, eight
years later?
--
Roland Perry

BBC saying this verdict may affect maintenance regimes - what, eight
years later?
--
Roland Perry

IIRC wasn't the Greyrigg derailment a similar problem?

Does anyone know how track inspection standards have been changed
within NR as a result?

OC

In message
, at
08:07:04 on Fri, 30 Jul 2010, Old Central
remarked:
BBC saying this verdict may affect maintenance regimes - what, eight
years later?

IIRC wasn't the Greyrigg derailment a similar problem?

Potentially, but I don't recall what happened regarding suggestions the
points had been broken during an engineering possession, and not
replaced properly. With two such accidents to learn from... are we in
better shape today?
--
Roland Perry