2025 Shap derailment
derailment in Shap Rural, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England
The 2025 Shap derailment occurred on 3 November 2025 when a passenger train operated by Avanti West Coast ran into a landslide obstructing the West Coast Main Line at Shap Rural, Cumbria, England. Four minor injuries were reported.
Incident
At 06:10 (GMT) on 3 November 2025, an Avanti West Coast passenger train was derailed approximately 1 mile (1,500 m) south of Shap Summit on the West Coast Main Line (WCML) in Cumbria. The service involved was the 04:28 Glasgow Central to London Euston (service 1R22), operated by a British Rail Class 390 Pendolino (unit number 390117). The train was travelling at approximately 83 mph (134 km/h) when it struck the landslide and ran derailed for about 560 m (1,840 ft). Photographs show that both of the leading vehicle's bogies and the front bogie of the second vehicle had derailed. All 95 people on board (86 passengers and 9 crew) were evacuated and taken to the Shap Wells Hotel, walking along the track to reach the hotel. Four minor injuries were reported; some passengers were reported to have suffered from shock. All the passengers had been escorted off and taken to their onward destinations by 10:40.
An initial report published by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) on 12 November stated "a drainage channel, which runs across the slope above the washed-out material, was unable to accommodate the volume of water which was present.
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