Three people died when the train hit a landslide in heavy rain in Aberdeenshire in 2020.
Investigators found no evidence Network Rail carried out any inspection of the upper parts of the drainage system between when it viewed the completed work in 2013 and the accident.
Although Network Rail had taken some steps towards implementing modern technology to help monitor weather conditions and better inform operational decision makers, its capability had not been "fully exploited" before the accident at Carmont. It is "more likely than not" that there would have been a better outcome to the crash if the train had complied with modern standards, the RAIB concluded.Donald Dinnie, Christopher Stuchbury and Brett McCullough died
"The railway industry needs to think through the implications of severe weather on its infrastructure, whilst also looking to the behaviour of trains should they derail after striking obstructions such as washouts and landslips."
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