Workers toiled overnight to start lifting the wreckage of the Croydon tram crash which killed seven people when it derailed on Wednesday.
A Bronzeshield Liebherr LTM 1500-8.1 All Terrain Crane arrived d at the crash scene on Thursday evening and rail workers spent the night moving the tram into an upright position and back on the tracks.
Six men and one woman were killed and 51 injured when the two-carriage tram crashed on a sharp bend shortly after 6am on Wednesday.
British Transport Police said the wreckage is still at the crash site in Sandilands as crews wait for a lorry to come and remove the ruined tram which could be later on Friday.
A worker with London Underground’s Emergency Response Unit said on Thursday morning that he had worked through the night at the crash site.
In a message posted on Twitter, Danny Hutchings said: “Worked throughout the night at the Croydon tram crash site putting tram back on the track.
“So sad, thoughts are with all that were involved.”
He said there’s still “lots of work to be done”.
Police are investigating what happened and probing passengers’ reports that the tram, packed with commuters travelling to east Croydon, almost came off the tracks a week earlier at the same spot.
