<p><br /> Two passengers tried to raise concerns the night before a passenger train was derailed by defective points, an has inquest heard.<br /> </p><p><br /> Jurors were told two people - one a rail worker - made three separate reports about "rough rides" on the northbound approach to the station at Potters Bar, Hertfordshire.<br /> </p><p><br /> A judge preparing to hear evidence about the crash - on May 10 2002 - said one report had been "forgotten", one misinterpreted and on one occasion a passenger received no response.<br /> </p><p><br /> And Judge Michael Findlay Baker QC said safety checks had been carried out hours before the crash - but on the southbound line.<br /> </p><p><br /> Six passengers - Austen Kark, Emma Knights, Jonael Schickler, Alexander Ogunwusi, Chia Hsin Lin and Chia Chin Wu - and pedestrian Agnes Quinlivan died and more than 70 people were hurt in the crash.<br /> </p><p><br /> The inquest, which began today in Letchworth, Hertfordshire, is expected to last for more than two months.<br /> </p>
