Family of man who died in train crash thank well-wishers

The household of a antheral who died aft the bid helium was travelling successful collided with different bid person thanked radical for "kind messages and support", and asked for privacy.

Tudor Evans, 66, from Capel Dewi successful Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, died pursuing the clang adjacent Llanbrynmair, Powys, connected Monday evening.

He had been travelling location from a vacation successful Italy erstwhile the clang happened.

Four others were earnestly injured successful the clang and a further 11 required infirmary treatment, according to the Rail Accident Investigations Branch (RAIB).

Mr Evans was connected the 18:31 westbound work from Shrewsbury to Aberystwyth connected Monday evening erstwhile it deed a stationary bid heading from Machynlleth, Powys, to Shrewsbury.

Network Rail said the enactment volition stay unopen until Friday astatine the earliest, arsenic engineers look astatine "immediate lessons" to halt immoderate aboriginal crashes earlier reopening.

Emergency services remained astatine the country connected Thursday and the 2 trains person present been separated arsenic the probe begins to region the affected trains.

Mr Evans' friend, Iestyn Leyshon, spoke of his symptom that helium and his woman had "just begun to question aft years of enactment and past this calamity happens”.

Mr Leyshon told the Newyddion S4C app helium was "extremely saddened" to perceive of his death.

He had known Mr Evans for astir 20 years but got to cognize him good implicit the past 4 years done their shared passionateness for upland biking,

“We’ll ne'er spot him connected his motorcycle connected the Elenydd [an upland country of mid Wales] again,” helium added.

A operator of 1 of the trains was besides "quite severely injured" successful the clang and taken to infirmary successful Shrewsbury, portion a conductor suffered a fracture, said Transport for Wales' main operating serviceman Jan Chaudhry-Van Der Velde.

He added that some the injured operator and conductor person received aesculapian attraction and "are connected the roadworthy to recovery."

The clang took spot connected the Cambrian enactment connected a azygous track, adjacent to a passing loop wherever other travelling trains tin walk each other.

The RAIB deployed a squad of inspectors to the tract of the clang and connected archetypal inspection, recovered that the bid whitethorn person entered into instrumentality descent erstwhile braking.

Network Rail's way director, Nick Millington, said the probe was "complex" and was "unable to speculate connected if leaves connected the tracks contributed to the crash."

Network Rail and TfW said the Cambrian enactment betwixt Machynlleth and Shrewsbury volition stay closed until astatine slightest the extremity of Friday.