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Hundreds stuck in Tube derailment

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  1. Pewsey Beaste

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    Hundreds of passengers have been stranded in a tunnel after a Tube train derailed during the morning rush-hour in London.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6272662.stm
     
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    Object derails tube train

    Metronet said initial reports suggest the derailment was caused by a loose "bale of material" inside the tunnel.

    "Our initial reports suggest that a bale of material became dislodged from its licensed storage position in a tunnel cross-passage," said a Metronet spokesman.


    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6272662.stm
     
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    Images from the derailment of a Central Line Tube train two weeks ago have been handed to BBC London.

    The images show a roll of fire blanket that had apparently blown out of a storage area and on to tracks near Bethnal Green, east London, on 5 July

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6902145.stm
     
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