Wales Derailment
Ten wagons each containing 75 tonnes of diesel derailed and.
Wales derailment. Wales rugby team welsh international rhys thomas admits years of drug taking while he was playing for wales he s gone public on. Updates as train derails in serious incident one reported dead. Dramatic scenes were captured of flames leaping into the night sky and the train burned for more than a day. There may be long term effects from diesel spillage after a train derailed in carmarthenshire natural resources wales has said.
On 26 august 2020 a freight train carrying diesel fuel in tank wagons derailed at morlais junction llangennech carmarthenshire wales some of the derailed wagons caught fire leading to an evacuation of people living nearby. A major operation continues after the derailment spilled oil into a nearby estuary. Natural resources wales nrw said oil has now spread as far as crofty swansea about 4 5 miles 7km away. About 300 people were evacuated from their homes in llangennech near llanelli in.
The usefulness for freight traffic was one reason the line was saved from a programme of closures in the 1960s. An oil tanker train derailed in south wales late on wednesday night last week and caught fire. Meanwhile at llangennech derailed wagons have been removed and now network rail is working with natural resource wales and db cargo as they repair track and deal with any contamination caused by spilling of diesel from the freight train. The incident involved a freight service from robeston to theale occurred on 26 august.
At about 23 15 bst 22 15 utc the 6a11 21 52 robeston sidings milford haven theale freight train derailed and caught fire at morlais junction near. Ten of the train s wagons derailed as it. Network rail wales route director bill kelly said a huge amount of progress has been made. Now that the investigators are on scene the question is what happens now.
Network rail wales has carried out a clear up operation at llangennech in carmarthenshire after the derailment and fire of a freight train last week. A freight train carrying diesel has derailed and burst into flames with fuel spilling into a nearby river.