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21/02/2011
Network Rail To Admit Failings Over Crash
Network Rail are to plead guilty to charges over health and safety failings in connection with the 2002 Potters Bar crash, in which seven people died.
The company are being questioned over the condition of the tracks near the Hertfordshire station.
On 10 May 2002, six passengers and a pedestrian were killed when London to King's Lynn train derailed.
Last year an inquest held concluded that a points failure was to blame. Network Rail will be sentenced in March.
Chair of the Bench at Watford Magistrates' Court, Peter Palfrey said: "In this case we have decided that the charge is so serious we cannot give punishment at this court."
A Network Rail spokeswoman said the firm would plead guilty because it had assumed Railtrack's responsibilities and liabilities after taking over the company in October 2002.
She added: “Railway today is almost unrecognisable since the days of Railtrack and the Potters Bar tragedy.
"All of the recommendations made by both the industry's own formal inquiry and the health and safety investigation have been carried out."
Six passengers were killed in the crash. The seventh victim, walking nearby, was killed by flying debris.
More than 70 people were injured in the crash
Another hearing will be held on March 21.
(BMcN/GK)
The company are being questioned over the condition of the tracks near the Hertfordshire station.
On 10 May 2002, six passengers and a pedestrian were killed when London to King's Lynn train derailed.
Last year an inquest held concluded that a points failure was to blame. Network Rail will be sentenced in March.
Chair of the Bench at Watford Magistrates' Court, Peter Palfrey said: "In this case we have decided that the charge is so serious we cannot give punishment at this court."
A Network Rail spokeswoman said the firm would plead guilty because it had assumed Railtrack's responsibilities and liabilities after taking over the company in October 2002.
She added: “Railway today is almost unrecognisable since the days of Railtrack and the Potters Bar tragedy.
"All of the recommendations made by both the industry's own formal inquiry and the health and safety investigation have been carried out."
Six passengers were killed in the crash. The seventh victim, walking nearby, was killed by flying debris.
More than 70 people were injured in the crash
Another hearing will be held on March 21.
(BMcN/GK)
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