At 08:06 BST on 5 October 1999, a British Rail Class 165 Turbo diesel multiple unit or DMU, No. 165 115, left
Being … 展开

The immediate cause of the disaster was determined to be the Class 165 passing a red signal (numbered SN109 on gantry 8 overhead beside four signals serving other tracks) at which the train should have been stopped. The sig… 展开

The inquiry noted that the lines out of and into Paddington were known to be prone to SPAD mishaps – hosting an unusual concentration of eight SPADs at signal SN109 in the preceding six years – and attempted to ide… 展开