Mid Wales train crash: Line to reopen one week after fatality

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The train line where one man died and four people were seriously hurt in a crash is set to reopen one week after the fatality.

Passenger Tudor Evans, 66, from Aberystwyth, Ceredigion died after the train he was on hit another on the Cambrian line near Llanbrynmair, Powys, on Monday.

Four people were seriously injured in the crash near and a further 11 required hospital treatment, according to the Rail Accident Investigations Branch.

The investigation at the site has now concluded and Transport for Wales (TfW) is in the process of removing the two trains while Network Rail said it had been carrying out “thorough checks and safety inspections” ahead of Monday’s reopening of the line.

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