Rail management to blame for Grayrigg

Management failures contributed to a train crash in Cumbria that left one person dead and scores injured, an investigation report has found.

A Rail Accident Investigation Branch report published last month into the incident at Grayrigg in 2007 found that rail infrastructure company Network Rail incorrectly set up points that failed and were the ultimate cause of the derailment.

Bob Crow, RMT rail union general secretary, said that Network Rail’s attempt “to point the finger of blame at individuals it managed so poorly was outrageous.”