Salisbury train crash sounded like a 'bomb' or 'thunder' says trick-or-treating mum Mum Tamar Vellacott thought she heard a "bomb" or "thunder" after two trains crashed in Salisbury.

The incident happened near Salisbury station in Wiltshire on Sunday night when the rear carriage of a Great Western Railway (GWR) service from Portsmouth Harbour to Bristol Temple Meads derailed.

On the GWR line, passengers travelling to and from Dorset will be impacted - train services between Westbury and Southampton Central have been suspended between Salisbury and Romsey.

They said: "I’d say that around 100-150 passengers were taken off 2 trains at the station with vague descriptions of “an incident in the tunnel” that was initially blocking eastbound trains.

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Network Rail said in a statement that the rear carriage of the 5.08pm GWR service from Portsmouth Harbour to Bristol Temple Meads derailed after "striking an object" on its approach to Salisbury ...

The crash - which sparked a huge emergency response - happened when the 5.08pm Portsmouth Harbour to Bristol Temple Meads train hit an object on its approach to Salisbury station and the rear ...

Rail officials have said it is ‘too early to say’ what caused the train crash in Salisbury. Investigators remain on site at the scene of the crash which happened at just before 7pm yesterday ...