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Evening Standard
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Anahita Hossein-Pour

Train boss says railway is safe in hot weather after ‘rare’ derailment

The scene where two people have been seriously injured after a train with around 150 people on board derailed near Lewes railway station (Jonathan Brady/PA) - (PA Wire)

A train boss has said that the railway is safe in hot weather after a Southern Rail service derailed in East Sussex and 20 people went to hospital.

John Whitehurst, chief executive of Greater Thameslink Railway, said derailments are “incredibly rare”, adding that what happened “was a very serious incident and I’m deeply saddened by it”.

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