THE FAMILY of a grandmother killed in Friday's rail crash are demanding answers about the death of a woman with "everything to live for".

Margaret Masson, 84, of Cardonald, was the only fatality on the 5.15pm London Euston to Glasgow Central train that derailed near Kendal.

Margaret's family said she boarded the train at Lancaster with her daughter, Margaret and son-in-law Richard Langley, who live in Merseyside.

Two other victims - Richard Blakemore, 54, from Reading and Graeme Stewart, 28, an IT consultant, originally from Crosshill, Ayrshire, but now living in London - are "comfortable" in hospital.

Another patient has been transferred from another hospital to undergo neurosurgery by brain and spinal consultants.

A spokesman said none of the victims had any life-threatening injuries and he didn't think any would be left paralysed.

Five other patients are being treated at other hospitals in the region while most of the other 60 injured have now gone home.

Margaret was also known as Peggy and her family have demanded an inquiry into just why the accident occurred.

George Masson, her 62-year-old nephew, said: "It's disgustting that something like this can hapen.

"I want to know what happened. Peggy had everything to live for and was a fit woman for her age."

Margaret and Richard Langley, who were travelling with Peggy in the front carriage of the Virgin Pendolino, are both still receiving treatment at the Royal Preston Hospital.

Mr Stewart, who was travelling in the same carriage as Margaret, was sure he was going to die when the nine-carriage train left the rails and plummeted down a 30ft embankment.

Suffering only cuts and bruises, he said: "At first I thought we had hit something and we would just stop on the tracks.

"Then the lights went out. When we came to a halt, the carriage was on its side."

Security guard Paul Thumath, 41, of Balloch, Loch Lomond, said: "It is amazing to look at the wreckage and think only one person has died."