A NEAR miss with a track worker at Teignmouth Boat Yard is being investigated by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch.

The Government organisiation today, Tuesday, reports: ‘At about 1.23am on February 14 the driver of a passenger train travelling at around 55 mph (89 km/h) reported a near miss with a track worker on the down main line near to the railway access point at Teignmouth Boat Yard.

‘The track worker had just placed a work site marker board on the line, which was still open to rail traffic. Both the driver and the track worker were shaken by the incident.

‘We have undertaken a preliminary examination into the circumstances surrounding this incident.

‘Having assessed the evidence which has been gathered to date, we have decided to publish a safety digest.’

‘The safety digest will be made available on our website in the near future