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Railway writer Christina Wolmar was on Channel 4 News saying that the curve where the crash happened is not part of the high speed line and is not equipped with an automatic train protection system that can automatically stop a speeding train.

Video should be online after the programme is over.

by Gag Halfrunt on Thu Jul 25th, 2013 at 02:35:00 PM EST

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