Investigators probe Potters Bar points system

Rail crash investigators are today trying to establish what caused nuts to come loose on a points system near Potters Bar station, blamed for the train derailment which claimed seven lives.

Investigators probe Potters Bar points system

Rail crash investigators are today trying to establish what caused nuts to come loose on a points system near Potters Bar station, blamed for the train derailment which claimed seven lives.

Railtrack yesterday said there was evidence of a fracture in a front stretcher bar, one of the supports on the points system, that caused nuts holding them in place to shear off.

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