Mystery surrounds a bizarre train accident on the Tay Bridge on Wednesday night.
An East Coast service evening train from Aberdeen to Leeds was stopped on the south side of the bridge for over an hour after colliding with an object on the track.
Despite a day of investigations, authorities are no closer to explaining how the incident happened.British Transport Police ruled out foul play and said they are not investigating a crime. East Coast and Network Rail insisted the object that stopped the train was not a tool or piece of equipment, nor was it a piece of a train, and nor was it a part of the bridge structure that had fallen off. The object is described as a “metal grate” but none of the organisations know how or why it was on the track. Despite recent calm weather, they suggested the grate could have blown on to the track. A loud bang which resonated around the area at the time was explained by Fife Police as a tyre blow-out.The debris was large enough to damage the train, which was in Edinburgh for repairs on Thursday.
Network Rail have reassured passengers that engineers have been on site and confirmed the safety of the bridge and the track.
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