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Evening Standard
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Megan Howe

Train derailed at 85mph after workmen left piece of track in 'hazardous' position

A passenger train derailed at 85mph after workers left pieces of a track in a “hazardous” position, an accident report has found.

The incident took place at around 5.40am on March 4 last year, as a South Western Railway train was approaching Walton-on-Thames station, in Surrey.

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