The Duke of Rothesay is visiting the derailment of the Stonehaven exercise today.

Prince Charles is in Scotland at Balmoral Castle and travelled to meet and thank the first responders who were among the first in the scene of the incident on Wednesday.

The tragic clash of the exercise killed three people, driving force Brett McCullough, 45, driving force Donald Dinnie, 58, and passenger Christopher Stuchbury, 62.

Six other people were also injured when the 6.38am Scotrail service cars between Aberdeen and Glasgow Queen Street derailed near Stonehaven amid heavy rains and landslides.

Investigators remain on site as they read about what caused Scotland’s biggest rail tragedy in nearly 30 years.

The Lord Advocate of Scotland has asked the Scottish Police, the UK Transport Police and the Office of Railways and Roads, the independent regulator, for a joint investigation into the accident.

It will be conducted under the direction of the Crown Office and the U.S. Department of Public Finance and will be conducted in conjunction with the independent protection investigation conducted through the Railway Accident Investigation Branch.

Scotland’s Transport Secretary Michael Matheson, UK Transport Minister Grant Shapps and Network Rail Executive Leader Andrew Haines recorded the crash Thursday.

The British government’s minister said it was “too early” to say whether the cuts in Network Rail could have contributed to the accident.

He warned that he was opposed to jumping conclusions, but added: “My sudden flood turned out to have wraged the scene behind us.

“The railroad, in general, has a huge budget – 46 billion pounds – in what is called a controlled period. These are record amounts, we’ve never spent more on our railroads. But I don’t need to get into speculation, let’s look for the facts. “

Shapps ordered Network Rail to conduct an urgent review of the resilience of the spaces affected by recent bad weather and a report this month.

It also called for a broader assessment of the effect of climate situations throughout the rail system, culminating in an interim report until 1 September and a final investigation in the autumn.

For as little as £5.99 per month, you can use all of our content, adding Premium items.