Rail worker held over train crash

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The 46-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday in connection with the investigation into the crash at Grayrigg on February 23, which also left more than 20 injured.

An initial inquiry into the Virgin West Coast Pendolino train incident said the immediate cause of the derailment was the condition of the points.

The man arrested, who is from the Preston area, has been released on police bail until October 31, British Transport Police (BTP) said.

One passenger on the train - Margaret Masson, 84, from Cardonald, Glasgow, was killed and five others were seriously hurt when the London to Glasgow train derailed at around 95mph.

An interim report from the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) just three days after the crash said that one of the three stretcher bars on a set of points at the crash site was not in position, two were fractured and bolts were missing. The bars keep the moving rails the correct distance apart.

The RAIB report said that there was no complete stretcher bar in place between the switch rails immediately before the derailment. One of the bars was possibly fractured before the crash and one after, it said.

There was no evidence to indicate the driving of the train or the condition of the train were factors in the crash.

It also said there was evidence that the last scheduled inspection of the points - known as Lambrigg 2B - on February 18, did not take place.

After the crash, BTP deputy chief constable Andy Trotter said criminal charges could not be ruled out. Network Rail (NR) chief executive John Armitt accepted the RAIB initial findings and said his company was "devastated" by the report and offered an unreserved apology.