Network Rail employee arrested in connection with Cumbrian train crash
{{date|July 13, 2007}}
[[Image:VirginPendolinoDerailment.jpg|right|thumb|280px|The scene of the accident {{image source|[http://www.lawrencecliftphotography.co.uk/ Lawrence Clift Photography]}}]]
An employee of [[w:Network Rail|Network Rail]], the company that owns and maintains the British railway infrastructure, has been arrested in connection with the [[w:Grayrigg derailment|Grayrigg derailment]] in [[w:Cumbria|Cumbria]], in the north of [[England]], which left one passenger dead in February of this year.

The [[w:Virgin Trains|Virgin]] Pendolino service from [[w:London|London]] to [[w:Glasgow|Glasgow]] derailed at 20:15 [[w:Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]] on February 23 as it passed over a set of points which an interim report by the [[w:Rail Accident Investigation Branch|Rail Accident Investigation Branch]] found were missing components and were in a poor condition. 

A spokesman for the [[w:British Transport Police|British Transport Police]] said that the 46-year-old man from [[w:Preston|Preston]] was arrested on Wednesday and has been released on police [[w:bail|bail]] until October 31.

Network Rail were unable to comment on the arrest.

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==Related news==
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The scene of the accident 
An employee of Network Rail, the company that owns and maintains the British railway infrastructure, has been arrested in connection with the Grayrigg derailment in Cumbria, in the north of England, which left one passenger dead in February of this year.

The Virgin Pendolino service from London to Glasgow derailed at 20:15 GMT on February 23 as it passed over a set of points which an interim report by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch found were missing components and were in a poor condition. 

A spokesman for the British Transport Police said that the 46-year-old man from Preston was arrested on Wednesday and has been released on police bail until October 31.

Network Rail were unable to comment on the arrest.
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