Many injured, some seriously, no mention  of fatalities.
Looking at video of the immediate aftermath, I find it surprising that large numbers of screaming victims seemed confined on board, was there no emergency egress ?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c15z34gjlndo



Edit note: date added in topic heading, for ease of future reference. CfN.

Peoples arms have on average got longer, and finger tip to finger tip is now nearer 2 metres than 2 yards, in many cases.

Thanks for your efforts and glad to hear that it went well.
The only problem that I have noticed is that the search function seems slower and more complex.

This looks to me like another example of "what down grades can we get away with" when introducing new trains or "improving" old ones.
Toilets should be required on all new trains, even for what are intended to be very short journeys. Signalling failures, security alerts, windy weather.

Google Chrome, seems ok.
I used Internet explorer until recently, long after it was considered obsolete

Roast mutton instead of beef burgers for the next rail unions spring barbecue ?

It looks as though "drag hunting" in which hounds track a scent rather than live animals, is to be banned.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1mrj3r30nno news report.

Drag hunting is IMHO^▸ (in my humble opinion) less bad than hunting live prey, but nevertheless has resulted in foxes being killed "accidentally" or hounds being killed by trains.

On balance I support the proposed ban.

Glad to see these in use, I hope that they prove a success.
We cant carry on forever with diesel power

I am not convinced that public ownership will improve matters, but it is IMHO^▸ (in my humble opinion) worth trying.
A very close eye should be kept on newly nationalised TOCs^▸ (Train Operating Company) in order to determine if they are doing better under public ownership than previously.

Consider both customer satisfaction and finances.

Glad to hear that, it is now approaching my admittedly arbitrary definition of "significant" as being 10% or more.
For longer routes, I would hope to see trolley wires installed in order that the vehicles may charge in use.
There is nothing that hard or expensive in installing trolley wires on straight or gently curving roads. It is tight curves, crossroads, roundabouts, and railway crossings that are more challenging. The same infrastructure could power electric delivery trucks.

Not that robust ! often access is only prevented by means of a lock operated by a square key, often called a "carriage key" these can be obtained in various ways.
If an unauthorised person gained access to the driving cab, I would expect that the driver would brake hard, or release the DSD^▸ (Driver's Safety Device) or drivers safety device.

Thanks for the link, I had no idea how many sub-species of haggis existed.

Sunday is also in the working week for power company fault finding and repair teams. Some of whom actually ENJOY storms, and the consequent overtime.
I know of one who intends to buy a house "a couple more decent storms should pay the deposit"

The previously issued amber warning, has been upgraded to a very rare red warning for certain Western areas, the amber warning remains in place elsewhere.

I suspect a russian cyber attack. Such an attack on national infrastructure has been predicted for some time.
Possibly aided and abetted by north korea or iran.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/11/23/putin-ready-to-cripple-britain-in-cyber-war/