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Encyclopedia > List of British rail accidents

This list is of railway accidents in Britain sorted chronologically. For a list sorted by death toll see List of British rail accidents by death toll This lists railway accidents in Britain sorted by death toll. ...

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2000s

The Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway is a 15 inch (380 mm) gauge heritage railway in Kent, England. ... July 10 is the 191st day (192nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 174 days remaining. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... December 6 is the 340th day (341st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The train derailed in the Ufton Nervet crash On 6 November 2004 at 18:12 GMT, the 17:35 First Great Western departure from London Paddington to Plymouth hit a stationary car with the driver inside at an automatic level crossing, located close to the rural Berkshire village of Ufton... November 6 is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 55 days remaining. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... February 15 is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Norton Bridge rail crash occurred on 16 October 2003 at Norton Bridge in Staffordshire. ... October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in Leap years). ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway is a 15 inch (380 mm) gauge heritage railway in Kent, England. ... August 3 is the 215th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (216th in leap years), with 150 days remaining. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Potters Bar rail crash occurred on May 10, 2002 at Potters Bar, in Hertfordshire just north of Greater London, when a northbound train derailed at high speed, killing seven and seriously injuring another eleven. ... May 10 is the 130th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (131st in leap years). ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Selby rail crash was a high-speed train accident that occurred at Great Heck near Selby, North Yorkshire, England on the morning of February 28, 2001. ... February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... The Hatfield rail crash was a railway accident that occurred on 17 October 2000, at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK. A Great North Eastern Railway Intercity train bound for Leeds had left London Kings Cross at 1210 local time. ... October 17 is the 290th (in leap years the 291st) day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

1990s

The Ladbroke Grove rail crash was a British rail accident on October 5, 1999 in which thirty-one people died. ... October 5 is the 278th day of the year (279th in Leap years). ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... June 23 is the 174th day of the year (175th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 191 days remaining. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The Southall rail crash occurred on September 19, 1997, on the Great Western Railway line at Southall, west London. ... September 19 is the 262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years). ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (221st in leap years), with 145 days remaining. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... On 8 March 1996, a Travelling Post Office mail train hauled by a Rail Express Systems British Rail Class 86 electric locomotive collided with the rear of a freight train at Rickerscote just south of Stafford. ... March 8 is the 67th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (68th in Leap years). ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... July 11 is the 192nd day (193rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 173 days remaining. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... October is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... On 25 June 1994, the 22:45 from Wemyss Bay to Glasgow derailed and smashed into a bridge, killing driver Arthur McKee, 35, and passenger Alan Nicol, 21, after hitting concrete blocks deliberately placed on the railway line by vandals. ... June 25 is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 189 days remaining. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... December is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... January 8 is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Note: as an adjective (stressed on the second syllable instead of the first), august means honorable. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

1980s

November 30 is the 334th day (335th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 31 days remaining, as the final day of November. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A train accident occurred just to the north of Purley railway station in the London Borough of Croydon on 4 March 1989, leaving six dead and 94 injured. ... March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Clapham Junction in south-west London – or a point a half-mile (800 m) to the south-west of the station – was the scene of a serious railway accident involving two collisions between three commuter trains at 08:10 on the morning of the December 12, 1988. ... December 12 is the 346th day (347th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see November (disambiguation). ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... October is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... October is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The collision at Colwich Junction near Rugeley, Staffordshire, occurred on the evening of September 19, 1986. ... September is the ninth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with 30 days. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... July 26 is the 207th day (208th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 158 days remaining. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

1970s

The Invergowrie train crash happened at Invergowrie in Scotland on October 22, 1979. ... October is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... The fire in a sleeping car train at Taunton on July 6, 1978, killed 12 people and had far-reaching effects for British Rail. ... July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 178 days remaining. ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... The derailment of the 23:30 sleeper from London Euston to Glasgow at Nuneaton on June 6, 1975 was caused by the failure of lineside equipment warning of a temporary speed restriction. ... June is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... 1975 was a common year starting on ghjgh Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Moorgate station is a tube and mainline station in the City of London, located on Moorgate, the street of the same name, north of London Wall. ... February is the second month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1975 was a common year starting on ghjgh Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... 1975 was a common year starting on ghjgh Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... December is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ...

1946 - 1969

Morpeth in Northumberland has a very sharp curve on a otherwise fast section of the East Coast Main Line railway. ... This article is about the month of May. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... On 6 January 1968 a 120 ton transformer was being moved from the English Electric factory at Stafford to storage on the disused airfield at Hixon. ... January 6 is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... For other uses, see November (disambiguation). ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... December is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In the Sutton Coldfield train disaster of 23 January 1955, an express passenger train from York to Bristol, England, took the sharp curve into Sutton Coldfield railway station at 60 mph (97 km/h) or twice the permitted speed. ... January 23 is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Harrow & Wealdstone is a London Underground and a National Rail station in Travelcard Zone 5. ... October 8 is the 281st day of the year (282nd in leap years). ... 1952 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Motspur Park railway station is in the London Borough of Merton in South London. ... November 6 is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 55 days remaining. ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... // South Croydon (village) As a locality, South Croydon is part of the South Croydon (CR2) post town and is an area in the valley south of Croydon (town), about 1 km in radius centred on the Red Deer public house on the Brighton Road. ... October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 68 days remaining. ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

1900 - 1945

The Norton Fitzwarren rail crash occurred in 1940 between Taunton and Norton Fitzwarren in England, when the driver of a train misunderstood the signalling and track layout, causing him to drive the train through a set of points and off the rails. ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Location within the British Isles Charfield is a village in South Gloucestershire, United Kingdom lying near the Little Avon River and south-west of the town of Wotton-under-Edge. ... October 13 is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years). ... 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Quintinshill rail crash on 22 May 1915, which killed 227 people, was the worst ever rail crash in British history. ... May 22 is the 142nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (143rd in leap years). ... 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The Hawes Junction rail crash occurred on December 24, 1910, in Cumbria, England, when a busy signalman forgot about a pair of bank engines waiting at his starting signal and allowed two trains into the one block section. ... December 24 is the 358th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (359th in leap years). ... 1910 in topic: Arts Architecture- Art- Film- Literature- Music- Television Science and technology Aviation- Rail transport- Radio- Science Other topics Australia- Canada- Ireland- South Africa- Sport Births- Deaths Lists of leaders: State leaders - Religious leaders 1910 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Coulsdon South railway station serves Coulsdon in the London Borough of Croydon, and is in Travelcard Zone 6, on the Brighton Main Line. ... January 29 is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1910 in topic: Arts Architecture- Art- Film- Literature- Music- Television Science and technology Aviation- Rail transport- Radio- Science Other topics Australia- Canada- Ireland- South Africa- Sport Births- Deaths Lists of leaders: State leaders - Religious leaders 1910 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... In the Salisbury rail crash of 30 June 1906, a passenger train failed to take a very sharp curve at the station, hitting another train. ... June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 184 days remaining, and the last day of June. ... 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

Pre 1900

The Tay Bridge, properly named, is a railway bridge (approx. ... The Armagh rail disaster happened on June 12, 1889 near Armagh, Northern Ireland. ... June 12 is the 163rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (164th in leap years), with 202 days remaining. ... 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... September 10 is the 253rd day of the year (254th in leap years). ... 1874 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The Abergele Train Disaster in 1868 was the first major railway disaster in Britain. ... August 20 is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1868 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining. ... 1865 is a common year starting on Sunday. ... Edge Hill is a district of Liverpool, England. ... September 15 is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years). ... 1830 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... William Huskisson (March 11, 1770 - September 15, 1830), was a British statesman, financier, and Member of Parliament for Liverpool. ... The Liverpool and Manchester Railway (LMR) was the worlds first intercity passenger railway operated solely by steam locomotives. ...

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