2015 Wootton Bassett rail incident
On 7 March 2015, a steam-hauled charter train passed a signal at danger and subsequently came to a stand across a high-speed mainline junction near Wootton Bassett Junction, Wiltshire, England. Another train, which had right of way, had passed through the junction 44 seconds earlier and no collision occurred nor was any damage done.
34067 Tangmere was the locomotive hauling the charter train
First Great Western HST, similar to that which passed Wootton Bassett Junction a minute before the charter train came to a halt across the junction.
Looking west over Wootton Bassett Junction
The South Wales Main Line, originally known as the London, Bristol and South Wales Direct Railway or simply as the Bristol and South Wales Direct Railway, is a branch of the Great Western Main Line in Great Britain. It diverges from the core London-Bristol line at Royal Wootton Bassett beyond Swindon, first calling at Bristol Parkway, after which the line continues through the Severn Tunnel into South Wales.
The entrance to the Chipping Sodbury Tunnel with the newly electrified overhead line equipment
Four track railway approaching Cardiff from Newport, prior to electrification
