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The Guardian - UK
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Matthew Weaver and Gwyn Topham

Operator boss insists UK trains are safe in heatwave after Lewes derailment

Aerial view of the derailed train
The train derailed between Haywards Heath and Lewes. Photograph: Marcin Nowak/LNP

Two people were seriously injured when a passenger train derailed between Haywards Heath and Lewes in East Sussex on Thursday.

The South East Coast ambulance service said two people had been taken to major trauma centres with severe injuries.

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