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A commemoration to mark the 15th anniversary of the fatal Paddington train collision which killed 31 people will take place on Sunday.
The event will take place at the scene of the 1999 accident, in west London’s Ladbroke Grove.
And although the number of deaths through rail accidents has plummeted, the Rail Maritime and Transport union (RMT) warned that cutbacks on the railways could once again threaten safety.
RMT general secretary Mick Cash said: “It was the creation of the privatised Railtrack, and the drive to cut corners in the name of profit, that led to the disaster at Ladbroke Grove and the wholly preventable loss of life.
“Privatisation, fragmentation and a complete absence of corporate responsibility were at the heart of the Ladbroke Grove tragedy and now in 2014 the government, through their McNulty Rail Review, are dragging us right back to that same toxic mix.”
