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Rail bosses yet to act on safety
Potentially disastrous safety problems not addressed years after discovery, says RMT

Rail accident investigators raised the alarm yesterday over potentially disastrous safety problems still not addressed by the industry years after being discovered.

Their annual report details a raft of findings after probes into incidents including derailments and collisions on the network.

But Rail Accident Investigation Board (RAIB) chief inspector Carolyn Griffiths warned that dozens of recommendations had gone unheeded - with 25 still not addressed after three years.

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