Train driver tells court he had seconds to switch lines

Andrew Johnson testified at Cambridge Crown Court that he had “probably about 10 seconds” to decide whether to switch a London-bound LNER train to the slow line before making an unscheduled stop at Huntingdon. He said he heard an intercom warning that a knifeman was stabbing people. The train attack occurred on Nov. 1 last year; Anthony Williams denies 10 attempted-murder charges.

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