Northern train leaves buffer bent out of shape at Preston Station

The damage to the buffer as the train came into the station Pic: Mark Ormerod

Passengers on a train arriving into Preston were left shaken as it crashed into an end of line buffer.

The Northern srvice, the 14.47 arriving from York, came to a juddering halt as it arrived into Preston Station.

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Mark Ormerod was stood on a nearby platform and saw the incident.

He said: “I wasn’t on the train, I was stood on the opposite platform.

“Driver seemed to jump on impact and it wasn’t going very fast, maybe 30mph or so.

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“The buffer has bent and one passenger had visibly sore ankle and another had broken glasses.

Ambulance service respond to the incident at Preston Station Pic: Auriga_

“There were a few people on the train as I left the station.”

Close-up showing the bumper of the train coming off

No disruption is listed as a result of the incident on Northern services or trains in or out of Preston.

A spokeswoman for Northern said: “Northern can confirm that an incident took place at Preston station shortly before 3pm. A very small number of people have been injured and the emergency services are in attendance.

“A full investigation will be carried out.”