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| Packed UK train derails |
| 2005-10-26 |
| A PEAK hour train has derailed in Liverpool, although local police said all passengers have now been taken off and there are no injuries. "All the passengers are off the train. It was believed to be a mechanical fault," said a police spokesman in the northwest England city. Both the fire and ambulance services in the city also said they had not received any reports of injuries. "We do have a derailment and we have approximately 90 passengers on board. We are leading them off and there are no reports of injuries so far," said a spokesman for the fire service. "We are treating it as a minor derailment. There was a train travelling in a tunnel between Central Station and Lime Street Station. Our job is now assisting people to get out of the train," a spokesman for British transport police said. One relieved passenger said while there were initial fears among those on board that the derailment may have been a terrorist attack, people had remained calm. "I'm in the pub having a pint to calm my nerves," said a passenger from the train named David. "There were a few judders and the lights went out." "We all just sat and took it nice and calm. We were informed by the rail staff that the back carriage had derailed," David told BBC television. Britain's record on rail safety is chequered. Seven people died in a crash in southern England in November last year and another seven were killed in a derailment near London in 2002. Thirty-one commuters also died when two trains collided near London's Paddington station in 1999 and 35 were killed in a crash involving three trains at Clapham Junction, also in the capital, in 1988. |
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