Bulletin 02/2008: Container door struck by a passenger train in January 2008

In January 2008 a passenger train running on a four-track railway struck the open door of a container at Brentwood.

From:
Rail Accident Investigation Branch
Published
10 December 2014
Railway type:
Heavy rail
Report type:
Bulletin
Date of occurrence:
21 January 2008

At the time of the collision the freight train had been stopped by the controlling signaller in order to investigate a report of an open door on the train.

080724-B022008.pdf (209.95 kb)

Published 10 December 2014