'No training manual' claim at Paddington; Train boss was 'concerned' before tragedy. From: Birmingham Evening Mail (England) | Date: June 3, 2000 | COPYRIGHT 2000 Birmingham Post & Mail Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

A TRAIN company executive has revealed that there was no official training manual in use at the time of the Paddington rail crash.

Jonathan Chilton, operations manager for Thames Trains, told the inquiry into the crash that when he joined the company in February 1999 he was concerned about the lack of a training structure.

He told the inquiry: 'I was concerned that we didn't have something established as Thames Trains training structure.

'I did not ...

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