Resilience of rail infrastructure: final report
Network Rail report on how the resilience of the UK鈥檚 rail network to extreme weather can be enhanced, following the tragic Stonehaven derailment in 2020.
Applies to England, Scotland and Wales
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皇冠体育app report was commissioned by the Secretary of State for Transport after the Stonehaven tragedy in August 2020. Three people died when a passenger train hit a landslip and derailed while travelling through bad weather near Carmont, Aberdeenshire.
皇冠体育app report includes more than 50 recommendations to safeguard the country鈥檚 rail network from extreme weather and climate change. It in no way pre-empts the outcome of formal independent investigations.
皇冠体育app document builds upon the Resilience of Rail Infrastructure interim report, which was commissioned by the Transport Secretary immediately after the Stonehaven incident and published in September 2020.