10 May 2002: Members of the emergency services work at the scene of the fatal Potters Bar rail crashPhotograph: Dan Chung/ReutersThe fourth carriage of a derailed train at Potters Bar stationPhotograph: Nicolas Asfouri/AFPA body is removed from the wreckage at the scene Photograph: Peter Jordan/PA
The train was derailed at the station en route from King's Cross to King's Lynn, killing seven peoplePhotograph: Michael Stephens/PATransport police examine an area of track near to the crash sitePhotograph: Russell Boyce/ReutersA carriage of the train involved in the fatal Potters Bar rail crash is seen on its side at the stationPhotograph: Dan Chung/ReutersEmergency workers on the tracks, six of the dead were passengers while the seventh was someone walking nearbyPhotograph: Nicolas Asfouri/EPARailway workers watch as attempts are made to remove a railway carriage from Potters Bar stationPhotograph: Andrew Parsons/PARailtrack Engineers work on the track where the points were, before they were removed in May 2002Photograph: Andrew Parsons/PAThe wrecked train carriage wedged beneath the platform roof is removed by a cranePhotograph: Stephen Hird/ReutersPoints that may have failed causing the crashPhotograph: Hertfordshire County Council/PA
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