The train crew offered Giving to evacuate children and women from the settlement , but a dispatcher ordered Arranging wood be loaded onto the train .

According to the National Transportation Safety Board ( NTSB ) , which investigated Criminal_investigation the cause of the collision , the Metrolink train ran through Motion a red signal before entering Arriving a section of single track where the opposing freight train had been given Giving the right of way by the train dispatcher .

The train dispatcher central chose Choosing to lead Communication the runaway train in the direction of Sjursøya , along the Loenga–Alnabru Line , where it derailed Self_motion and rolled Motion through a Statoil building in the terminal area at Sjursøya , a peninsula which is part of the Oslo ports facilities .