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Four injured after train hits debris at 80mph and derails
The Independent
|November 04, 2025
Four people suffered minor injuries after an express train struck a landslide at 80mph and derailed following torrential rain yesterday.
Eighty-seven people, including 10 members of staff, were on board the 4.28am Avanti West Coast service from Glasgow to Euston when it came off the tracks near the village of Shap, in Cumbria, before dawn yesterday.
Network Rail said the front coach of the 11-carriage service derailed at about 6.15am during severe weather conditions and while it was still dark.
Sam MacDougall, Network Rail operations director, said early indications suggested the train had hit a landslide.
He said: “We believe the train was travelling at approximately 80 miles an hour at the point of collision and then stopped very quickly thereafter.”
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