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The passengers that were on the offending train, which was travelling north-bound from Anagnina to Battistini, noticed that the train travelled at very low speed having left San Giovanni for the next station- Piazza Vittorio. The train had even stopped in the closed Manzoni station, without opening the doors, and again stopped in between stations, then accelerated until it crashed into the previous train. This means that the driver must have made its calculations on how distant he was from the previous train and, having called the control room, was confident that the station ahead was clear, but it WAS NOT SO!
Another factor is intrinsic in the train deceleration capabilities: these new CAF trains Made in Spain have emergency deceleration 1.6 m/s/s, as against 2.6 m/s/s of the old trains Made in Italy.
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