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London commuter train track underwent 'safety inspection' just HOURS before horror incident left 20 injured

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Second train derails from tracks less than 24 hours after 20 left injured.

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A train has come off the tracks in Essex less than 24 hours after 20 people were injured in a similar incident in East Sussex.The latest derailment happened at Wickford and appears to involve a Greater Anglia service.

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Images circulating on social media show the train having left the rails, though it appears to have remained upright.This is the second derailment to happen in under 24 hours as a train in Lewes yesterday went off the tracks, landing on its side.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Train operator Great Anglia has said there is a "major disruption" to its London to Southend Victoria service.

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On its website, it writes: "Due to a problem currently under investigation between Shenfield and Southend Victoria all lines are blocked."Train services running to and from these stations will be suspended.

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London commuter train track underwent 'safety inspection' just HOURS before horror incident left 20 injured.

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The train tracks involved in the Lewes incident which saw 20 people injured, had undergone a safety inspection just hours before the derailment.Track engineers conducted a safety inspection on the stretch of line used by the Southern Rail train just a day before the incident.The service travelled from London Victoria to Eastbourne before it crashed near Lewes station shortly before 4pm, leaving more than 20 passengers injured.Southern had posted on X that engineers were examining the railway between Lewes and Haywards Heath, before confirming the train had come off the rails in that very area.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Whether the inspected section of track was the precise location of the derailment has not been confirmed.

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A: TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Train operator Great Anglia has said there is a "major disruption" to its London to Southend Victoria service.

B: TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Whether the inspected section of track was the precise location of the derailment has not been confirmed.

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