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1andrew1

12-08-2020 13:08

Aberdeenshire: Serious injuries' as ScotRail passenger train derails in Stonehaven

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The derailment of a passenger train in Aberdeenshire has seen a major incident declared following reports of serious injuries.

Emergency services are responding to the "extremely serious" incident in Stonehaven after being called to the scene around 9.40am on Wednesday.

Footage posted on social media showed smoke billowing above trees surrounding the railway line.

https://news.sky.com/story/train-der...scene-12047701

My thoughts are with all those involved in this major incident.

jfman

12-08-2020 13:15

Re: Aberdeenshire: Serious injuries' as ScotRail passenger train derails in Stonehave

Very grim, have seen two awful photos already. 0638 Aberdeen to Glasgow Queen St passed Stonehaven and encountered a landslip around 0700.

Permission was given to return to Stonehaven and while running back a bridge collapsed and it fell down and embankment.

denphone

12-08-2020 13:29

Re: Aberdeenshire: Serious injuries' as ScotRail passenger train derails in Stonehave

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36046410)

https://news.sky.com/story/train-der...scene-12047701

My thoughts are with all those involved in this major incident.

l can only echo those same thoughts Andrew.

pip08456

12-08-2020 15:10

Re: Aberdeenshire: Serious injuries' as ScotRail passenger train derails in Stonehave

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Originally Posted by jfman (Post 36046411)

I assume you mean these 2.

jfman

12-08-2020 15:18

Re: Aberdeenshire: Serious injuries' as ScotRail passenger train derails in Stonehave

Yep those are the ones. Awful.

Hom3r

12-08-2020 15:36

Re: Aberdeenshire: Serious injuries' as ScotRail passenger train derails in Stonehave

Luckily only 12 people onboard. God knows the casualties had it been full.

denphone

12-08-2020 15:38

Re: Aberdeenshire: Serious injuries' as ScotRail passenger train derails in Stonehave

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Originally Posted by Hom3r (Post 36046421)

Luckily only 12 people onboard. God knows the casualties had it been full.

That bears not thinking about having a train full to capacity as you are talkng about three figures easily there.

1andrew1

12-08-2020 16:48

Re: Aberdeenshire: Serious injuries' as ScotRail passenger train derails in Stonehave

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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 36046424)

That bears not thinking about having a train full to capacity as you are talkng about three figures easily there.

I guess the combination of it being a very early morning train and Covid 19 has resulted in such a fortunately small number of travellers. (Six staff, six passengers).

denphone

12-08-2020 16:57

Re: Aberdeenshire: Serious injuries' as ScotRail passenger train derails in Stonehave

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36046429)

I guess the combination of it being a very early morning train and Covid 19 has resulted in such a fortunately small number of travellers. (Six staff, six passengers).

Exactly Andrew but even so the latest news is that three people have sadly lost their lives.:(

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla...tland-53751678

Chris

12-08-2020 18:39

Re: Aberdeenshire: Serious injuries' as ScotRail passenger train derails in Stonehave

:(

A derailment that bad would have killed a lot of people on a busy train. It’s a small mercy that will be of little comfort to those who have lost loved ones, but this could have been so much worse.

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