Trains came close to collision at station

TWO trains, one carrying a number of passengers came close to collision at Kent Station in Cork last month.

It has emerged that an empty passenger train being shunted out of the station had a ‘shunting irregularity’ and was pushed into the path of an incoming passenger train carrying a number of passengers. The incident happened on August 25.

According to a spokes-woman for Irish Rail, the driver of a Cobh train which was coming towards the station was notified of the danger from the shunted vehicle by his train’s safety protection system and the train was already going slowly because it was coming close to the station.