Topic: Derailment

Derailment near Southampton

There is more disruption to UK freight services as a second major derailment within a week brings south coast services to a halt, with an intermodal train off the rails near Southampton. Hard pressed engineers on...Read more

29-01-2020|Comment|author: Simon Walton

Rail Bridge and sleeper damage near Barking in London

Damage London derailment will take weeks to repair

Network Rail estimates that it could take several weeks to restore services on a crucial north London line, after a derailed freight train badly damaged 2.5 miles (4km) of track and lineside equipment. Over 6000...Read more

27-01-2020|2 comments|author: Simon Walton

Freight derailment badly damages north London route

Engineers are working round the clock to restore the Barking to Gospel Oak freight and passenger route. London commuters and UK-wide freight operations face their first full week of disruption after a derailment caused extensive...Read more

27-01-2020|Comment|author: Simon Walton

Freight train derails in the Netherlands on Christmas eve

A freight train derailed at Vlissingen-Oost in the south of the Netherlands on Monday, 24 December. The train was put back on the rails on Wednesday morning. The freight train that derailed on Monday evening in...Read more

27-12-2018|1 comment|author: Majorie van Leijen

London freight train derailed on new track

An investigation into a freight train derailment in London that caused huge disruption has revealed that the incident occurred where new tracks had recently been laid and follow-up engineering work done just two days before....Read more

13-02-2017|Comment|author: Simon Weedy