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were in better condition. The leading carriage, a driving motor coach, had headed down the embankment, and turned end-for-end as it fell. It was lying on its side at the foot of the embankment. The second carriage had jack-knifed against the first, breaking the coupling, and so had not followed it down the bank. This second carriage came to rest some distance further along the track, at a steep angle with one end in the air. The middle part of the train toppled sideways down the embankment, with a total of five carriages turning onto their sides. All the partially
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475:(BTP) posthumously awarded a Chief Constable's Commendation to a member of its staff, Jon Ratcliffe, who was at the time of the disaster media and marketing manager for BTP's North Western area. He received the commendation for his good handling of media enquires in the aftermath of the crash. Ratcliffe had died in 2008 following a sudden illness.
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height and stagger, and the track gauge, twist and cant. It is not used to inspect points, but it does make a video record of the track which can be reviewed later. Responding to the suggestion that the train's video might have been used to detect the points damage and thereby prevent the accident, a
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crematorium in
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against the back of the first coach, eventually pushing it down the embankment and through 190 degrees, to face in the opposite direction to travel. The resulting forces led to the remaining seven coaches derailing, with all but one coming to rest in the adjacent field. Up to 500 rescuers attended
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derailed at 20:15 at a faulty set of points almost immediately after crossing the Docker
Viaduct (the rear half of the train would still have been crossing the bridge whilst the front derailed at the points). The train was reported to have been travelling at 95 mph (153 km/h) when it was
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Network Rail at the time of the Grayrigg derailment, and the family of the victim of the accident criticised the award, which coincidentally was conferred on the same day that Network Rail was prosecuted for the
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separation of the point switch blades. The stretcher bars (components that hold the moving blades of the points the correct distance apart) had been found to be disconnected or missing. Of the three bars, one was not in position, another had nuts and bolts missing, and two were fractured.
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outlined the current progress of the investigation. The report contained a single conclusion, that the immediate cause of the accident was the condition of the stretcher bar arrangement at points 2B at
Lambrigg crossover, which resulted in the loss of
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also offered thanks, saying that "There are so many people who have given up their own time to contribute in some way to dealing with the aftermath of the derailment that it would be unfair to name them for fear of missing someone out."
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train, comparing it to a "tank". He also added "If the train had been old stock then the number of injuries and the mortalities would have been horrendous".
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1422:"'Lessons Must Be Learned' from Grayrigg Train Crash Inquest"
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1373:"Grayrigg Crash Victim's Son 'Disgusted' by Knighthood"
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1401:. Cumbria: BBC News. 4 November 2011
1073:. Westmorland Gazette. 5 March 2007.
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582:As part of the investigation by the
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1209:"Three Rail Workers' Bail Extended"
1183:"Two Men Arrested over Train Crash"
987:"Praise for Rail Crash Site Locals"
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914:"Hero Train Driver Tells of Ordeal"
893:"Crash Sparks National Rail Checks"
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1227:"No Charges over Fatal Rail Crash"
1053:"First Carriages Moved from Wreck"
1035:"Network Safe, Rail Bosses Insist"
939:"Crash Inquiry to Focus on Points"
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748:"Rail Crash Report Blames Points"
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1293:"Trains Back on Crash Line"
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669:John Armitt
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83:Coordinates
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704:References
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665:knighthood
626:Manchester
497:signal box
489:crossovers
435:quad bikes
310:, and one
288:jack-knife
241:The 17:30
223:derailment
169:Passengers
156:Statistics
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92:54°21′27″N
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522:in 2002.
483:Lambrigg
466:A685 road
451:Pendolino
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406:Aftermath
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247:Pendolino
78:, Cumbria
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185:Injured
123:England
120:Country
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559:lasers
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479:Cause
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