Derailed freight wagon dragged through Barking shut London Overground line for weeks

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The wagon was part of a GB Railfreight container train travelling from Essex to Warwick when it came off the tracks near Barking Station on 23 October (Picture: c2c) A freight…

A freight wagon was dragged for a mile through a London station forcing trains on the Overground to be cancelled for weeks.

The wagon was part of a GB Railfreight container train travelling from Essex to Warwick when it came off the tracks near Barking Station on October 23.

The train was travelling at 8mph when it stopped briefly, but the wagon derailed when it moved off again.

It continued for around 0.7 miles, with the wagon’s wheels running along through platform eight at Barking station.

The damage it caused forced part of the line to shut for nearly three weeks, the Rail Accident Investigation Branch said.

The Suffragette line was closed between South Tottenham and Barking Riverside and only reopened on Tuesday.

Some parts of the tracks, cabling and signalling equipment were damaged beyond repair and needed replacing.

The repairs forced trains operated by c2c to not stop at Dagenham Dock, Rainham or Purfleet for three weeks.

Rob Mullen, of GBR Anglia, which runs c2c, praised staff for their efforts ‘given the scale of the recovery required’.

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