Faulty infrastructure not checked, finds train crash report
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) reported that one of three stretcher bars, which keep moving rails a set distance apart, was missing, the other two were fractured and there were bolts missing,
Consequently, the London to Scotland Virgin Pendolino tilting train moving over the tracks could not follow its proper path and derailed at Grayrigg in Cumbria on Friday night.
