Qualla: Kirkby train crash https://qualla.com/kirkby-train-crash en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:16 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/t/b/kirkby-train-crash-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Kirkby train crash https://qualla.com/kirkby-train-crash Kirkby train crash: Introduction https://qualla.com/kirkby-train-crash/ Photo credit user:bukk, CC BY-SA 3.0. Murray Walker died on 13 March 2021. He was 97 - the voice of British Formula 1 broadcasting for half a century, the man whose breathless commentary had carried generations of fans through the sport. By that afternoon, friends were sending each other condolences. 'RIP Murray.' One of those messages reached the WhatsApp of a Merseyrail train driver named Phillip Hollis, who was at the controls of a six-car Class 507 service approaching Kirkby station with twelve passengers and one colleague on board. He looked down at his phone. He typed 'A great commentator.' The train kept moving.

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]]> Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/t/b/kirkby-train-crash-wp/gctb-kirkby-train-crash-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Kirkby train crash: The 18:35 to Kirkby https://qualla.com/kirkby-train-crash/ Photo credit user:bukk, CC BY-SA 3.0. Service 2K48 had left its previous station on time, at 18:49:45. The train was a six-car formation of two Class 507 electric multiple units coupled together - the same units that had run on Merseyrail since the late 1970s, on the line that splits at Kirkby station. From here the ...

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]]> Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/t/b/kirkby-train-crash-wp/gctb-kirkby-train-crash-the-18-35-to-kirkby.mp3 0:06 2 full Kirkby train crash: The Collision https://qualla.com/kirkby-train-crash/ Photo credit user:bukk, CC BY-SA 3.0. The Rail Accident Investigation Branch reconstructed what happened in the seconds that followed. The train passed the start of the station's speed restriction while still coasting. Hollis, 59 years old, eventually noticed, but too late - the emergency brakes did not have enough d...

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]]> Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/t/b/kirkby-train-crash-wp/gctb-kirkby-train-crash-the-collision.mp3 0:06 3 full Kirkby train crash: What the Investigation Found https://qualla.com/kirkby-train-crash/ Photo credit user:bukk, CC BY-SA 3.0. The driver of any Merseyrail service carries the lives of everyone on board, and the public assumption - the entire trust on which commuter rail rests - is that the cab is a focused, undivided space. The RAIB's investigation found that on 13 March 2021 it was not. Hollis had been...

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]]> Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/t/b/kirkby-train-crash-wp/gctb-kirkby-train-crash-what-the-investigation-found.mp3 0:06 4 full Kirkby train crash: The Aftermath https://qualla.com/kirkby-train-crash/ Photo credit user:bukk, CC BY-SA 3.0. Merseyrail dismissed Hollis in September 2021. In January 2022 he was charged with endangering the safety of people on the railway. He pleaded guilty at Liverpool Magistrates Court on 8 February that year, and on 8 March was sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court to 12 months in pris...

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