Closures to two major railways within 24 hours - both caused by derailments - are symptomatic of a culture
of cuts and privatisation,
transport union RMT said
yesterday.

A line between Gloucestershire and Wales will be closed for four days following the derailment of a freight container, while in London a freight train came off the tracks at Camden Road station, causing overground services between Gospel Oak and Highbury and Islington to be cancelled for the next few days.

The union said it was a "miracle" that only one was hurt in the incidents which both occurred on Tuesday.