 The train derailed after a motor fell off and hit the track |
No further action will be taken against the firms involved in a Tube train derailment, safety officials have said. The Health and Safety Executive said London Underground and the maintenance firm in charge of the line had taken "reasonable" action over the accident.
The Central Line was suspended for months after a train derailed at Chancery Lane, injuring 32 people.
About 500 people were on board when the train's rear carriages derailed as it entered the station in January 2003.
"HSE has decided that formal enforcement action is not appropriate in this instance," said a final Health and Safety Executive report into the crash.
Room for improvement
The Tube train crashed after a traction motor beneath a carriage fell off and hit the track.
HSE said the response to the incident by London Underground and its maintenance firm Infraco BCV was reasonable although there was room for improvement.
It said the firms had adequately investigated previous failures involving traction motors and had introduced "what they believed were appropriate safety measures".
HSE also found that communications during the incident could have been more "robust", as could information and technical advice given to line controllers.
An internal London Underground report had identified 24 recommendations which Transport for London said have since been implemented.
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