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I believe you to be correct in what you've said here. It was quite clear in some reports of the Santiago crash, that the driver was being spoken to by his train manager about a minor problem ahead. As a driver of high speed trains, I get how distracting that can be. You have to prioritize, and...
Having driven on both, and been involved in one suicide, my experience is that jumping off a platform was the way to go, thus helping us on HS1. However, 2 jumpers in the last year by trespassing onto plain line in Kent shows that word might be getting out!
While it's sad, it could be worse...
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