Commuter trains in near collision

London - Commuters on two trains had a narrow escape yesterday after a crash was narrowly avoided at a busy city centre station…

London - Commuters on two trains had a narrow escape yesterday after a crash was narrowly avoided at a busy city centre station.

The driver of a packed early morning train from Margate to Cannon Street in London was forced to brake when he realised he was on a collision course with another train bound for west London which was just leaving on the same track a few minutes before 9 a.m. A crash was averted but one coach on the outbound train came off the track.

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