UK safety watchdog unimpressed by London Underground “fire” evacuation
London's Clapham Common underground station MattBuck / WikiMedia
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB), the statutory safety body in the UK, is investigating the uncontrolled evacuation of a train at Clapham Common Underground station in early May. At this preliminary stage, the RAIB has confirmed that it is conducting an investigation into the 5 May incident at Clapham Common station on the London Underground Northern Line.
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This is a badly worded article.
The RIAB is neither a Watchdog nor the statutory safety body in the UK. It is the UK National Investigation Body for rail. Nor has it stated that it is “unimpressed”. It is the RAIB’s standard response to detail what it will look into, but this does not mean that the Branch has stated any opinion on the incident. One of the main points of the RAIB is that it does not give generic opinions, rather it seeks the truth in order to ensure learning from the accidents.