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Serious operating irregularity at Romney Sands

Serious operating irregularity at Romney Sands on the Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Railway, Kent, 28 August 2019.

• From: Rail Accident Investigation Branch
• Published: 12 September 2019

This news article was withdrawn on 14 October 2019

This item has been moved to the National Archives as RAIB has published its safety digest describing incident. See safety digest 08/2019.

Romney Sands ticket office and station platform

At around 10:35 hrs on 28 August 2019, a train from Dungeness to Hythe left Romney Sands station and entered the single line section to New Romney. A train from Hythe to Dungeness was in the same section, travelling in the opposite direction. The two trains came to a stand about 316 metres apart.

We have undertaken a preliminary examination into the circumstances surrounding this incident. Having assessed the evidence which has been gathered to date, we have decided to publish a safety digest.

The safety digest will be made available on our website in the next few weeks.

Published 12 September 2019