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The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has released its report
into the derailment of a train near Moy in Inverness-shire on 26 November
2005. The full report is available here:
A summary of the key points from the report is - On Saturday 26 November
2005 a First Scotrail train travelling from Inverness to Edinburgh
derailed after encountering a landslip at a cutting north of Moy in
Inverness-shire. All the wheels of the leading car derailed and the
train travelled approximately 122 metres before coming to rest upright.
Six passengers and two members of staff were slightly injured and
the leading vehicle was damaged.
The immediate cause of the derailment was the train running into material
deposited on the track as a result of the cutting landslip. There
were two factors contributing to the derailment, and the root cause
was that Network Rail did not identify the drainage risks that were
imported by the recent building of a Parking Area above the crest
of the failed cutting slope.
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