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Spinnaker Posted 19 years ago
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Daily Mail - what's the meaning of this paragraph?

0 I just read 05000 article on 05100 and didn't get the meaning of the following paragraph:01blockquote
01cite10Daily Mail12cite10It has emerged that a second passenger train was minutes away from disaster as it narrowly avoided ploughing into wreckage from the crash.12blockquote
10Did another passenger train got to place of accident but didn't crash in?0250hrefhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=438494&in_page_id=1770&ico=Homepage&icl=TabModule&icc=NEWS&ct=5cthis231hrefhttp://www.dailymail.co.ukcdailymail.co.uk
  

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02br 02br 00Read through the article and you find:02br 02br 00"John Tilley, regional organiser for the RMT rail union, said that the second train travelling from Scotland to England stopped after the driver was alerted to the accident ahead. "0-

— Nona the brit

  • 02br 02br 00Read through the article and you find:02br 02br 00"John Tilley, regional organiser for the RMT rail union, said that the second train travelling from Scotland to England stopped after the driver was alerted to the accident ahead.
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0It sounds as though it got very close to it (minutes away) but not right to the accident site.02br
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00Read through the article and you find:02br
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00"John Tilley, regional organiser for the RMT rail union, said that the second train travelling from Scotland to England stopped after the driver was alerted to the accident ahead. 02br
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0 Thank you nona. I should rather read through the whole article before asking. I was upset.0-
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0We do seem to be good at having rail crashes here in the UK 050010id6
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0 Why do you mean? Were recently any more crashes?0-
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01cite10Spinnaker12cite10Thank you nona. I should rather read through the whole article before asking. I was upset.12br
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10I should rather 01b00HAVE02b00 read through the whole article before asking.02br
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0Hi Spinnaker,02br
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00There haven't been any others very recently but it seems as though they happen once a year or so, for various reasons, and most people in the UK seem to think 'oh not again' when we hear of one. I'd always thought of these as rare freak accidents but this little list has made me a bit worried now - here is a list of the most recent ones:02br
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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite11blockquote
11cite20Spinnaker22cite20Thank you nona. I should rather read through the whole article before asking. I was upset.22br
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20I should rather 11b10HAVE12b10 read through the whole article before askin
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0 Hi nona,02br
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00I'm wondered if you have a big railway net in UK.02br
00Furthermore it's sad that there were so many people killed in all accidents.02br
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00I'm interested if you travel by train anymore. Does the people from UK look the railway as something good or as something bad?02br
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00Thank you very much in
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0 The whole Europe (including the UK) is using the railways A LOT. 0-
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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite10The whole Europe (including the UK) is using the railways A LOT. 12br
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10Well it gives varieties! Italians or the French use it less than for example Swiss people do it.0-
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