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Potters Bar inquest coroner reveals railway concerns.

Europe Intelligence Wire

| July 31, 2010 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

(From Western Daily Press)

Byline: TIM MOYNIHAN AND TOM MORGAN

A coroner raised fears of more deaths on the railways yesterday as an inquest jury blamed a points failure for killing seven people in the Potters Bar train crash.

Rail regulators also said they were considering criminal proceedings after the jury singled out failures in inspection and/or maintenance of the points.

The points' failure was caused by their unsafe condition, jurors added.

After the seven-week inquest Judge Michael Findlay Baker QC promised to file a report expressing his concern about the risk of future deaths.

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