03-10-2026 02:00 via railnews.co.uk

Signal passed in Bedford crash had no SPAD alarm

Railnews -An interim report from the Rail Accident Investigation Branch has revealed that the red signal which was passed a few seconds before the rear-end collision south of Bedford on 19 June this year was not equipped with a SPAD alarm. The driver of the second train was killed, and more than 160 people were injured.
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