Final train crash carriages moved

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Engineers are hoping to remove the last two carriages from the site of the train crash in Cumbria on Sunday night.

Seven carriages from the derailed Virgin Pendolino train have already been taken away and will be transported to Birmingham for forensic examination.

One person died and 22 were hurt when the London to Glasgow train derailed at Grayrigg on 23 February.

Residents are being warned Sunday's last convoy will be noisy. The rail line will reopen in seven to 10 days.

A spokeswoman for Cumbria Police said: "British Transport Police hope to withdraw from the site tomorrow, though the road will remain closed until the cranes have gone.

"There is every chance the cranes will be de-rigged and escorted out sooner than expected, allowing us to open the A685 road sooner than the predicted date of Wednesday.

"The timescale for having the railway up and running again is seven to 10 days."

Two cranes, with lifting capacities of 1,000 tonnes and 800 tonnes, have been moving the carriages since Thursday.

Margaret Masson, 84, from Glasgow died and 22 others were injured in the accident, which has been blamed on a faulty set of points.

Once the last carriages have been taken away work will start to repair the tracks, overhead power cables and embankment.