Network Rail faces unlimited fine over Ladbroke Grove crash

Network Rail is facing the prospect of an unlimited fine after it pleaded guilty today (31 October) to health and safety charges in relation to the Ladbroke Grove train crash.

The crash left 31 dead and 400 injured when a First Great Western Train crashed into a Thames Train's train at the height of the morning rush hour on 5 October 1999. The immediate cause of the crash was the driver in the Thames train passing a red light. An investigation after the crash found that the signal in quest... (278 more words)

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