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The same legal risk exists for other media. Where the cause is not known it is best (legally and morally) not to assume and/or mislead people into thinking that one party is at fault, even if they are statistically more likely to be.

The point is that at the time the statement was released the railway did not know the reason the car moved. This could be acts by the driver (intentional or otherwise) or acts by a third party (intentional or otherwise). Underlying reasons might be one or more of errors by train crew, errors by...

Intent matters for the difference between causing death by dangerous driving/manslaughter and murder. Personal injury matters because the intent of a criminal sentence is a combination of punishment, deterrent and (opportunity for) rehabilitation. Sentencing guidelines take that view that if...

It's even worse than this for London Overground. I recall walking through Bank station hearing an announcement that "London Overground is part suspended" with no further details given. At the time I was headed for the Watford DC line so this was potentially relevant information. I decided to...

Network Rail have a rule (not a by-law) about helmet colour on worksites (white = PTS qualified, blue = everyone else) but that's the closest I can think of

Wasn't there someone quite recently who was collared for breaking a minor byelaw like this on the Underrgound rather than for pushing through the barriers without having a ticket as only RPI can deal with the latter?

Well based on past performance it certainly wont be Leeds, despite being in clear need of one.

The only incident the RAIB have investigated at Corby was the HST running into and getting stranded by debris. They investigated runaway wagons at Armathwaite in 2007 (report), Camden Road in 2008 (report), Ashburys (near Manchester) in 2010 (report) Toton in 2021 (report) but none of them...

It's still too early to say they definitely won't be investigating. It's only been 6 days since the incident, and of their last 10 posts about new investigations/digests only one has appeared less than 14 days after the incident - 39 days, 19 days, 14 days, 17 days, 32 days, 16 days, 1 day, 31...

In addition to the replies given by Dstock7080 in post 78, note that unless staff happened to be on the platform at the right moment (and the evidence suggests they were not) then they would need to make their way from probably either the ticket hall area or the control room (I don't know where...

On the track-side of every platform edge door there is a clearly marked emergency handle that can be used to open the door.

I too can't immediately find the post, but from what I remember reading here and elsewhere specific types of tree are beneficial in combination with specific types of geology and construction. Not on this forum, but I do recall reading somewhere that low-growing bushes are beneficial more often...

There simply isn't space for an incline lift without constructing another shaft. An incline lift is approximately the same width as an escalator, and the two (1 up, 1 down) at Kentish Town completely fill the shaft they run in. The capacity of an incline lift is only a fraction of that of an...

Two lines operated as a single unit for internal purposes (e.g. a single stock and crew pool) but advertised as separate to the public is how the Circle and Hammersmith & City lines operate, so the precedent is there.

The PIS on a 700 is definitely not a reliable source of information:

The rebuilt Camden Town would have full step-free access between all platforms and the surface, and this is another reason why any split cannot happen until after the station is remodelled.

From memory, the most recently proposed scheme featured no turnback facilities at New Cross Gate so it would need revising (again) if it were to stop short of Lewisham.

Yes, I was saying what should happen not what will happen. More trains will be required for the extension, so they are holding off buying new trains until they know how many they need to buy because it's better and cheaper to have one fleet rather than two.

I expect that services would run Tower Gateway-Beckton and Stratford International-Thamesmead (or vice versa). Really though Thamesmead needs the DLR on an east-west alignment with 2 or 3 stations and the LO on a north-south alignment connecting Barking to Abbey Wood with a single Thamesmead...

Splitting means one line running Edgware-Battersea via Charing Cross and the other running High Barnet/Mill Hill East to Morden. Currently trains from both zone 1 branches run to both northern branches, typically alternating, so that at Camden you have something like 1. Morden-High Barnet via...