'Big bang' as Tube came off tracks.AN investigation was under way today into what caused a Tube train with 76 passengers on board to derail de·rail intr. & tr.v. de·railed, de·rail·ing, de·rails 1. To run or cause to run off the rails. 2. . Passengers described hearing "a big bang" and seeing smoke and sparks as the rear of the Piccadilly Line train came off the tracks between Hammersmith and Barons Court stations last night. There were no reports of any injuries. Passengers were rescued from the tunnel by emergency services and underground staff. The BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. said rail staff at the scene had blamed the incident on a broken rail. Its rusty appearance suggested it had been cracked for some time, it was reported. Passenger Samantha Ceranka said: "We just heard this big bang and the train crunched as it stopped. Sparks lit up the whole carriage, the lights went out for a bit and there is loads of smoke everywhere." A London Underground spokesman said the cause of the derailment derailment /de·rail·ment/ (de-ral´ment) disordered thought or speech characteristic of schizophrenia and marked by constant jumping from one topic to another before the first is fully realized. was being investigated. |
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