An investigation has been launched after a driver of a Lumo service had to apply the emergency brake at Peterborough.
Service 1Y80, the 0820 Newcastle to London Kings Cross, was on time but following the emergency brake application made and subsequent investigation, it was around 80 minutes late into London Kings Cross.
The knock-on effect also meant that the 1209 Kings Cross to Edinburgh and its return working were cancelled.
Lumo has taken the train involved out of service to complete safety checks.
No serious injuries were sustained in the incident, but a full investigation alongside the Rail Accident Investigation Branch is being completed by Lumo.
Passengers can travel with Lumo tomorrow if they had their plans changed today.
A spokesperson for Lumo said:
“Today the driver on our 0820 service from Newcastle had to apply the emergency brake near Peterborough.
Such events can be jolting for passengers and we took great care to check on everybody's welfare. There was some falling luggage and naturally many people will have felt the effects of the sudden halt.
Regrettably there has been a knock-on effect for passengers on the 1209 from Kings Cross and the return journey at XXXX from Edinburgh, both of which have been cancelled. Safety is our first priority and we decided to take the train out of service in order to run thorough safety checks.
All passengers have already been re-routed via LNER today or any Lumo service tomorrow.
All passengers are entitled to a full refund. These should be claimed through the normal ‘delay repay' channels.
While there were no serious injuries, if anyone has any concerns they should contact us immediately. We are very sorry for any distress the sudden stop may have caused.
A full investigation is now underway and we are supporting the Rail Accident Investigations Branch to determine precisely what happened.”
I’ve been using the new Lumo trains to get back and forth from Edinburgh to Kings Cross. Quite impressed with the train, no difference to Liner really other than the cost and it’s Eco friendly. Hopefully it’s nothing major.
Also the delay is part of life, never been delayed on a Lumo, but was delayed whilst a Liner train had to sit at York for several hours before having to change train, and another quite long delay passing through Darlington, so these things happen.
With what I have read, and knowing the location, it seems to me the driver has gone over points at excessive speed and tried to break in time knowing their mistake.
Obviously the driver had insufficient knowledge of the working of the signalling system with regard to approach control arrangements when approaching a lower speed turnout. I suspect this is a training issue.
My friend was on the train, I just want to know what went wrong.
We need to know more of the cause of this. Does anyone know? Speculation aside.
A full investigation will be made by the independant RAIB. This will take time if they are to do it properly. Anything you hear before the report is published (months away) will be just speculation.
Usually with newer trains as they reach high speed. They slowly reduce speed before coming to a complete stop. Including when there is a incident on the line and the driver sees a red signal knowing that danger is up ahead.
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Well that’s what happened to the train when it came to stop so quickly.