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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Ellie Crabbe

Passengers to face rail disruption for a week following fatal train crash

The scene just south of the Elstow interchange between the A421 and the A6 in Bedford South after two East Midlands Railway (EMR) trains were involved in a collision (Chris Radburn/PA) - (PA Wire)

The fatal train crash near Bedford was a “tragic, isolated incident”, Network Rail has said, as it announced that rail services will be disrupted until June 28 while a “complex recovery operation” to remove the damaged trains and carriages from the track continued.

The collision, which killed a train driver and left 100 others injured, involved two East Midlands Railway (EMR) trains – with one smashing into the back of the other on the same line shortly after 5pm on Friday.

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