Two passenger trains collide near Bedford
 

Not much in the way of details yet.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cy8dy2pr8ymt

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One person is reported as having died, 89 as injured (11 serious).

Alt Report: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c872jzqw113o

EMR said the 16:40 train from Corby to London St Pancras was involved in a collision with [the] 15:50 Nottingham to London St Pancras service.

Edit: The fatality has been confirmed as one of the train drivers.

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I would have got caught up in all the cancellations or delays but I took the northern line to tooting then clapham junction to Crawley. Thankfully our rail network has diversions.

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How has this crash hurt so many people. The collision damage doesn't look like it's destroyed the coaches/carriages which means either the build structure is top class or the speed of impact wasn't high. ?

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I didn't think it was going that fast. At that speed you'd expect the first coaches to go airborne on impact?

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Apparently (unconfirmed) one of the trains was stationary (fault? broken down)
If the other had just recently left the station it probably wasn't going top speed . . still fast enough for motion (and inertia) to cause injuries though.

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I still can’t make out why the driver of the moving train didn’t apply the brakes. He must have seen the train in front a mile off.

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He possibly did, but with any large moving mass there's a stopping/slowing distance . . although passenger stories I've seen don't mention any deceleration before impact . .

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well we can't ask him

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Gradually brake

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Terrible that there is one fatality and many injured, some critically ill, if this was 40 years ago the fatalities would have been much much higher.

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l think we need to just wait for the rail accident investigations branch findings and try not to speculate too much.

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It's a discussion forum :rolleyes:

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Do trains have adaptive cruise control like some cars? If not why not!!!

In my car once cruise control is activated it'll slow down by itself and even come to a complete stop if necessary.

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My sisters colleague would have been on the second train, but managed to get an earlier one