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A rider has praised the actions of a summons inspector successful the aftermath of Friday's crash
A summons inspector was a "hero" successful the aftermath of the fatal clang betwixt 2 trains adjacent Bedford, a rider said.
A train operator was killed and astir 100 radical were injured erstwhile 2 East Midlands Railway (EMR) services to London St Pancras collided astatine astir 17:15 BST connected Friday.
Praising the inspector's actions, Mareks Grabovskis told the BBC: "I could spot helium was successful symptom himself, but helium was telling idiosyncratic connected the vigor to adjacent the lines, and checking if everyone other was OK."
Disruption betwixt London and Bedford is expected to past a week. The MP for Mid Bedfordshire, Blake Stephenson, told the BBC 600m (1968ft) of way would request to beryllium replaced.
Grabovskis, who had got connected the 16:40 Corby train, said: "I was astir to committee the archetypal carriage, but determination were excessively galore radical due to the fact that the bid lone had 4 carriages, truthful astatine the past 2nd I moved to the past carriage."
He said helium had gone flying erstwhile the collision happened, passed retired and woke up connected the level to spot radical "covered successful blood" and screaming.
"It was 1 of the astir terrifying moments of my life, and I cognize however fortunate I americium to beryllium present today," helium added.
Network Rail
Engineers are gathering a impermanent roadworthy to region the damaged trains
Commuters arriving astatine Bedford presumption connected Monday said railway unit had been doing their champion to connection support.
Network Rail said the enactment was expected to stay closed betwixt Bedford and Luton for the remainder of the week, until 28 June.
There volition beryllium nary GTR services northbound of Luton and nary EMR services southbound of Bedford, with a constricted obstruction replacement autobus work successful cognition betwixt Luton and Bedford.
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Bernie Casey says helium chose to enactment from location owed to the question times connected autobus replacement services
Bernie Casey usually travels from Bedford to London for work, but has been incapable to question owed to delays.
He said: "I was up astatine 06:00 BST looking to effort the journey, but it's not going to happen. It's a bittersweet acceptable of circumstances."
Casey said his travel connected Friday had besides been affected and it had taken astir 5 hours to get backmost to Bedford.
"I mean, my bosom goes retired to the radical who were affected successful the clang connected Friday.
"It's a precise bittersweet acceptable of circumstances.
"In fairness to radical astatine the station, arsenic soon arsenic I arrived radical were present to springiness proposal and assistance successful narration to however agelong my travel mightiness instrumentality and that's informed my determination not to travel."
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Commuters are facing delays and replacement autobus services portion the lines are shut
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