At about 19:30 BST on Monday, 21 October, 2024, two passenger trains crashed near Llanbrynmair in Powys.
A passenger in his ’60s has died and 15 others were injured.
The trains were the 18:31 from Shrewsbury to Aberystwyth and the 19:09 from Machynlleth to Shrewsbury.
According to one local witness, the westbound train from Shrewsbury was unable to stop at the top of a gradient, and “slid” down towards the other train.
The Cambrian Line, where the collision took place, is a single track railway line which uses passing loops to allow two trains running in opposite directions to use the same track.
The crash is confirmed to have taken place at one of these passing loops.
An investigation into the events leading up to the crash is ongoing.
