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Old 14th March 2021, 11:59
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Kirkby Train Crash.

Kirkby Train Crash: No injuries suspected as train “crashes into bridge”.

Merseyrail has said that trains are being started and terminated at Rice Lane after an operational incident.

The train operator has said that the emergency services are in attendance, but no injuries are believed to have been sustained.

Rail replacement bus services are in operation between Kirkby and Rice Lane.

The British Transport Police has said “We were called to Kirkby station at 7.01 pm this evening following reports that a train derailed while travelling into the station. Officers, paramedics and fire services attended – thankfully no one sustained serious injuries.

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https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2021/03...to-bridge.html


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Thanks for that Philip.

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"As seen in the video shared on Twitter below, it appears the train may have gone straight through these buffers"
Oh dear! There has been the odd occasion when I've approached the Stops a little bit more 'energetically' than I'd intended. My heart goes out to the driver if this was the case.
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The ITV news report shows the scene this morning (in daylight, compared to the original report from last night) and also reports as fact that the train did crash through the buffer stops. A lot of damage, but thankfully no significant injuries.

https://www.itv.com/news/granada/202...ificant-damage

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Most terminus platforms have a Permissive Speed of 15mph (or less) on approach. They are also usually protected by a pair of TPWS mini grids, which will apply the Emergency Brake if the train is doing much more than about 10mph over them IIRC.

But once you've passed over the grids there's nothing else to stop you wacking the stops.

Sometimes if the station is on a rising gradient, or you braked a little too hard for the grids, you then have to take power to get to the stops - and then you're in the risk zone.

Statistically speaking, if you repeat the same task 10,000 times, there's a fair chance you'll mess it up once.

Just glad no one was seriously injured.
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News update.

https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2021/03...crash.html/amp
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Cheers Philip.
I had just seen this and was going to post here, but I have also found another interesting video, showing the crash as it happened (CCTV?)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8faDi7pkjY

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Wow, he rattled in at a good old speed!

Wasn't expecting that.
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Today (Monday 22nd March) the first trains return to Kirkby railway station, just a week after an incident involving a Merseyrail unit.

https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2021/03...eid=aa4ee9b801

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Thanks for that Philip.

Interestingly enough, on the same website I saw this....Kirkby Rail Crash: RAIB says ‘train approached station at 42mph’ – investigation launched

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The emergency brake application slowed the train before it hit the buffers, which caused the train to derail and it then collided with the platform extension at the station.
Ooo, that's gonna take some explaining.

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A 59 year old man from Liverpool has been charged in connection with a train derailment at Kirkby station last year.

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https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2022/01...eid=aa4ee9b801


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