LNER empty trains collided, service disruptions expected

[w124bob]

On 19/11/2020 at 18:14, Oldddudders said:

Really? The accident at Cannon St in 1991 seems to have occurred at about half that speed, and while of much older rolling stock, the capacity to throw people about resulted in two fatalities and 547 injured. 

 

https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/HSE_Cannon1991.pdf

I note that drugs played a in that crash, also of note were the comments about booking arrangements and lack of any supervision, something of an irony considering it's practically standard practice now. Before retirement I doubt if I spoke to anyone when booking correctly on about 60% of occasions, booking on by automated phone system was the standard procedure(probably still is).