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Port Talbot: Network Rail fined £4m after workers killed by train

Network Rail was fined £3.75 million for safety failings after two employees, Gareth Delbridge and Michael Lewis, were killed by a train in July 2019 while performing track maintenance.
The court found Network Rail guilty of serious safety breaches, citing the absence of line closure and manual lookouts during the incident.
Families of the deceased described their loved ones as devoted family members and expressed that the incident was preventable due to safety failures.
Network Rail accepts responsibility and stated that improvements in safety protocols have been made since the tragedy.

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Daily Express

Network Rail workers die after being hit by train as massive £3.5m fine issued

Two Network Rail workers were carrying out 'unnecessary' maintenance on the track when they were struck by a passenger service in July 2019

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BBC News

Port Talbot: Network Rail fined £4m after workers killed by train

A judge found safety improvements were not good enough before two rail workers died at Port Talbot.

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Wales Online

Network Rail fined £3.75m after failings led to two workers' deaths on tracks

Gareth Delbridge and Michael "Spike" Lewis were hit by a train and killed as they worked on the railway tracks near Port Talbot in July 2019

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Swansea Bay News

Family pay tribute to Margam rail workers hit by train after Network Rail fined £3.75m

Gareth Delbridge, 64, and Michael ‘Spike’ Lewis, 58, were part of a team for Network Rail carrying out maintenance on the tracks between Port Talbot and Bridgend on 3 July 2019 when they were fatally struck by the Swansea to Paddington Great Western train. A report into their deaths found an official lookout was not in place on the day they died. On Friday 14 February, recorder Christian Jowett fined Network Rail was fined £3.75 million and orde…

Network Rail fined £3.75m after deaths of two track workers

Gareth Delbridge, 64, and Michael Lewis, 58, were hit by a train while working for Network Rail near Margam, Port Talbot, in July 2019. Network Rail has been fined £3.75 million after two workers were struck and killed by a train, following long-term failure to improve safety. Gareth Delbridge, 64, and Michael ‘Spike’ Lewis, 58, were hit by a Great Western Railway train travelling from Swansea to Paddington, west London, in July 2019. The two me…

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