📋 Tender Overview
Runaway engineering train at London Liverpool Street stationAt about 1152 hrs on 2 October 2022 an unattended freight train ran away from platform 3 at London Liverpool Street station. The signaller was alerted to the trains movement by track sections in the throat of the station showing occupied unexpectedly. The incident happened within a part of the station that was at the time under possession for engineering work. The unattended train travelled about 150 metres before coming to a stop within the possession limits. No one was injured as a result of the incident although a set of points which the train ran through were damaged.We have undertaken a preliminary examination into the circumstances surrounding this incident. Having assessed the evidence which has been gathered to date we have decided to publish a safety digest.
