An inquest into the death of seven people in a Berkshire rail crash is due to resume after nearly three years (link below.)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/berkshire/7033312.stm

It was delayed while a man , who lost two relatives in the crash , successfully fought for legal aid.

On 6 November 2004 , Brian Drysdale , 48 , parked his car on a level crossing near the village of Ufton Nervet. A train collided with it and derailed.

Mr Drysdale , five passengers , and the train driver , Stanley Martin , 54 , of Torquay in Devon , died in the crash.

After Mr Drysdale , from Reading , parked his car on the level crossing it was hit by a First Great Western high-speed train from London Paddington to Plymouth.

All eight carriages derailed.

The resulting diversion of HST services over the Melksham line , plus the cancellation of virtually all local TransWilts services , has been given as a possible reason for flawed passenger figures (links below.)
http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/reason6.html

http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/melkshamrailway/138_Lies_damned_lies_and_statistics.html

The jury inquest , presided over by Berkshire Coroner Peter Bedford , is being held at The Centre conference venue , in Slough , Berkshire.

The inquest jury has retired to consider its verdict (link below.)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/berkshire/7071860.stm