§ Mr. John Browneasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the circumstances surrounding the train crash at Popham tunnel, Micheldever, near Winchester, on the morning of Sunday 27 January.
§ Mr. RidleyShortly before 5 am on Saturday 26 January a Bournemouth to Woking electric multiple-unit train conveying railway staff ran into a minor chalk slip near Micheldever. The train's collector shoes, which collect traction current from the third rail, were damaged and the train immobilised. A diesel-electric locomotive was sent from Worting junction, near Basingstoke, to assist the train, but collided heavily with it. The driver of the locomotive and his assistant were trapped in the cab and suffered leg injuries. Four BR employees and a Post Office sorter, all passengers on the train, were treated in hospital for minor injuries. An inquiry will be held by the Railway Inspectorate. Evidence will be heard in public and there will be a published report.