Well done, that man! :)

Thanks very much, Pavorossi. That's much better.

BBC Hereford and Worcester is reporting today that the signalman has been suspended but I imagine that is standard practice in incidents of this kind

Yes it would be standard practice for the signalman to be relieved of duty after such an incident. I would not read too much into it at this stage.

Got a funeral today 13.30 in Wadebridge i hope to see a few signalmen and ask if they have any inside info as to what went wrong.

ccmmick.

I have asked three signalmen today as to what went wrong and they dont know the full facts as yet, but the inside info they gave me is that it is looking like the signalman was at fault.

ccmmick.

If the signalman was at fault i find it hard to fathom how he could have achieved that situation. The equipment should have been route locked if the train was going at any sort of speed. The other option is a SPAD, i reckon we will have to wait a while for the full facts to come out.

I am like you Pete it sure is a mystery something very bad happened and we will all just have to wait and see.

ccmmick.

Should we speculating about this?

It must be very distressing to the people concerned and we ought to wait for the enquiry.

No need to wait. Network Rail has issued an apology today to the family and those affected saying that although investigations are not yet complete, they accept that their actions caused the accident. They go on to say that neither the car drivers nor the train driver were to blame. I can't recall any organisation before admitting responsibility (and thereby laying themselves open to substantial compensation) quite so early, if at all.

Yes that certainly is unusual, a terrible tragedy that should never have happened.