Rail safety watchdogs repeatedly ignored drivers’ concerns about the model of train at the centre of the deadly Stonehaven crash, the Daily Record can reveal.
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) rejected calls by train drivers’ trade union ASLEF for a probe into the decades-old HST fleet two years before the tragedy.
ASLEF raised concerns with ORR chief inspector Ian Prosser about the HST’s ability to withstand high-speed crashes.