Safe Braking System Failed Before Wales Train Crash

An investigation into a train collision in Wales has revealed that an automatic sanding system, designed to ensure safe braking, failed to function properly on the train involved in the accident. One man died, four people were seriously injured, and 11 others were hospitalised as a result of the collision between passenger trains in Talerddig on Oct. 21. The fatal accident took place on Network Rail’s Cambrian line, approximately 900 metres west of the passing loop, where opposite travelling trains can pass each other. An investigation by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) found that train 1J25, from Shrewsbury to Aberystwyth, continued to travel 1,000 metres beyond where it should have stopped, before hitting a passenger train from Machynlleth to Shrewsbury....