Nordan, Leominster, train crash passenger Bill Sewell

Bill Sewell, who owns All Saints Café on the city's High Street, was a passenger onboard the train when it crashed with a tractor trailer at Nordan, near Leominster, on Thursday, May 22.

Hereford restaurateur Bill Sewell was among the passengers on the train Mr Sewell described what happened as "a very rapid stop" and said that "everything just shuddered."

"People were very upset and I was shocked at what happened. You don't know what was going to be the end and it's incredibly lucky it was not another train.

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"I'm gradually coming to terms on what happened but the emergency services looked after me and others very well."

Rail disruption hit the network for more than 24 hours with the line blocked between Hereford and Shrewsbury. 

A 32-year-old man was arrested and two people were taken to hospital, one by air ambulance, after the crash, which involved a five-carriage Transport for Wales passenger train carrying 66 people.

British Transport Police said the man who was arrested has since been released under investigation.