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21 December 2025

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Near-miss sees workers step clear as 125mph train approaches

2 Dec 19 A group of track workers narrowly avoided being hit last month by a train travelling at 125mph, independent investigators have said.

The workers were inspecting a stretch of the West Coast main line near Kirtlebridge in Dumfries & Galloway when the Virgin train approached just after 9am on 14th November.

Image from a forward-facing CCTV image on the train show the track workers moving clear just before the train passed. There were no injuries.

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch 鈥 an independent government agency 鈥 has looked into what happened. 鈥淲e have undertaken a preliminary examination into the circumstances surrounding this incident,鈥 said the RAIB. 鈥淗aving assessed the evidence which has been gathered to date, we have decided to publish a safety digest.鈥

It publishes a safety digest rather than carrying out a full investigation when it is clear that the lessons from an event have been identified by a previous investigation or relate to compliance with existing rules.

The safety digest will be made available in the next few weeks.

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