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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Ross Lydall

Train hit buffers at London Bridge after exhausted driver had 'microsleep'

A train hit the buffers at London Bridge station because the driver had a “microsleep” due to fatigue, an investigation has found.

No passengers were injured when the Southern Railway eight-carriage service, from Victoria via Crystal Palace, crashed into the buffers on platform 12 at about 3.45pm on December 13, 2024.

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