Bedford crash occurred after train passed red signal and was not stopped, investigators believe

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Financial Times - World 13 hours ago • ft.com

Train in fatal UK crash passed red signal, investigators say

Brakes were applied nine seconds before the impact but it slowed only from 75mph to 49mph

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The Guardian - UK 15 hours ago • theguardian.com

Bedford crash occurred after train passed red signal and was not stopped, investigators believe

Interim report says other train it hit had halted on line because warning system wrongly caused it to brakeThe train whose driver died in the Bedford rail crash passed a danger signal without stopping – while the train i…

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