An inquiry has heard that ‘too much reliance’ had been placed on the contractor that built a faulty drainage system that led to the Stonehaven train derailment.
Train driver Brett McCullough, conductor Donald Dinnie and passenger Christopher Stuchbury died after the ScotRail service hit debris washed onto the track by heavy rain near Stonehaven in August 2020.
A Fatal Accident inquiry in Aberdeen heard that a health and safety file had not been provided at the end of the drainage project, which would have shown what had actually been built.
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