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Old 27th Jun 2001, 11:58
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NEAR MISS ON TRAINS WITH 600 PASSENGERS ON BOARD

Today a train bound for Victoria made an last minute unexpected stop at a Red light due to a previous train failing to exit the station on time. the 2 trains were belived to be just 100 meters apart and seconds from disaster. One eye witness stated all of a sudden the train started to slow, there was a loud noise which sounded like brakes beeing applied and all of a sudden we were stationary with no platform around. The train continued it's journey uneventfully Contrix were unavailable for comment at this time.

The point is Trains can be just as lethal as aircraft but the press don't make such a fuss because generally the public are not as nervous of train travel as they are of flying. the press are feeding on people's fears as always

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