THE facts emerging in the aftermath of the London train crash which killed six and injured 170 are disturbing.
The second of two of the train's automatic safety systems - one that sounds a warning to the driver when signals indicate it should slow down - failed to work during the journey.
And it is disclosed that the main safety back-up - one that takes over if the driver is not braking when he should - was not working.
Such alarming revelations will cause the thousands who use our trains each day to wonder how safely they are travelling and whether, in the profit-driven maw of privatisation, their safety is actually being compromised.
The inquiry into this disaster must be urgent, thorough and open to establish the truth and ensure that such lapses never occur again.
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