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The Stonehaven rail crash which was caused by errors in the construction of a drainage system by failed outsourcing giant Carillion
Industrial reporter @TrinderMatt
“ENDEMIC and tragic corporate failures” led to the fatal train derailment at Stonehaven in 2020, rail unions said yesterday after the final report on the tragedy blamed bosses for systemic shortcomings.
Train driver Brett McCullough, conductor Donald Dinnie and passenger Christopher Stuchbury died when the 6.38am Aberdeen to Glasgow Queen Street train left the track after hitting a landslip at Carmont, Aberdeenshire, on August 12 2020.
The HS2 debacle exposes what happens when public infrastructure is handed to private contractors – especially when set against China’s state-led high-speed rail success, says CARLOS MARTINEZ
Two-hundred years ago, on September 27 1825, the world’s first passenger railway line was opened between Stockton and Darlington. MICK WHELAN, general secretary of Aslef, the train drivers’ union, reflects on the history – and the future – of Britain’s railway industry
On the eve of the 157th Trades Union Congress, MICK WHELAN, general secretary of Aslef, the train drivers’ union, celebrates victory in his campaign to get dignity for drivers at work