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Overspeed through emergency speed restriction near Beattock, Dumfries and Galloway, 20 December 2020.
![CCTV image from the train showing the start of the emergency speed restriction (courtesy of Avanti West Coast)](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/image_data/file/112560/s300_Beattock.jpg)
CCTV image from the train showing the start of the emergency speed restriction (courtesy of Avanti West Coast)
At around 12:25 hrs on 20 December 2020, a passenger train travelling between Glasgow Central and London Euston entered a 5 mph (8 km/h) emergency speed restriction, near Beattock, at about 45 mph (72 km/h). The speed restriction was in place because of the earlier failure of an embankment. There were no adverse consequences as a result of the overspeed.
We have undertaken a preliminary examination into the circumstances surrounding this incident. Having assessed the evidence which has been gathered to date, we have decided to publish a safety digest.
The safety digest will be made available on our website in the next few weeks.
Published 20 January 2021
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