Infobox railaccident image title Beresfieldrailaccident date 23 October 1997 time location Beresfield, New South Wales location dist location dir location city country Australia line Hunter railway line, New South Wales Hunter railway line operator State Rail Authority of New South Wales type Collision cause Signal passed at danger trains 2 pax deaths injuries In the Beresfieldrailaccident of 23 October 1997, a coal train passed a red signal and ploughed into the rear of another coal train, causing a collision and derailment that blocked all four tracks. ref ATSBLink type R year 1998 occno 1998001 title Coal Train Collision accessdate 2007 06 09 ref The accident occurred early morning at 06.32am Beresfield railway station, New South Wales Beresfield , New South Wales , Australia. The railway lines through Beresfield are straight and level, and visibility of the signals would have been good. The flashing tail light of the stationary coal train may have been hard to see, as such signals are typically less bright than stationary railway signals. The coal train that went through the red signal had a crew of two, who unusually had been rostered on the same shift for a long period of time. This practice is not desirable since it reduces safety through diversity, wherein one crew member feels alert when the other feels drowsy, and vice versa. The coal train that went through the red signal was fitted with a simple Deadman s switch Vigilance control vigilance control unfortunately, this simple kind of control suffers from the counter productive effect of mindless repetition. Since this accident, the vigilance control has been modified to have a degree of randomness of the length of intervals between checks. However, so long as it does not have a positive train stop effect, the vigilance ... Use dmy dates date October 2010 DEFAULTSORT BeresfieldRailAccident Category 1997 in Australia Category Railway accidents in Australia Category Railway accidents in 1997 Category Rail transport in New ... more details
Refimprove date October 2010 Infobox railaccident image title Tsurumi railaccident date November 9, 1963 time location Yokohama country Japan line T kaid Main Line operator Japanese National Railways type Derailment and collision cause Track problems trains 3 pax deaths 162 injuries 120 The Nihongo Tsurumi railaccident Tsurumi jiko or Tsurumi accident occurred on November 9, 1963 between Tsurumi Station and Shin Koyasu Station on the T kaid Main Line in Yokohama , Japan , about Convert 30 km 1 south of Tokyo , when two passenger trains collided with a derailed freight train, killing 162 people. Accident The 43rd wagon of a long freight train on the down freight railway derailed and the two following wagons overturned, blocking the adjacent up passenger railway. Within seconds, a 12 carriage EMU train EMU train traveling to Tokyo collided with the freight wagons and the front three carriages derailed, falling into the side of the fourth and fifth carriages of another 12 carriage train passing on the down line to Kurihama. The multiple collision left 162 dead and 120 injured. Investigation The initial JNR investigation found that the speed of the freight train 60 km h was not excessive, nor were any problems found with the line or rolling stock. For five years, the RTRI carried out tests on a test track using the same rails and rolling stock and found that the combination of Wheelset rail transport wheelset design, rail cross section and wear, and track geometry all had a role in the derailment. As a result of the investigation, the old method of static track inspection ... ref Similar accidents Beresfieldrail disaster Clapham Junction rail crash See also Lists of rail accidents References reflist br 1963 railway accidents coord 35 29 33.1 N 139 39 46.6 E region JP type event scale 5000 display title DEFAULTSORT Tsurumi RailAccident Category Railway accidents ... 1963 in Japan Category Rail transport in Kanagawa Prefecture ko ja ... more details
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Infobox railaccident image title Violet Town railaccident date 7 February 1969 time location Violet Town, Victoria location dist 173 location dir N location city Melbourne country Australia line North East railway line operator Victorian Railways type Collision cause Driver heart attack trains 2 pax 190 deaths 9 injuries 40 The Violet Town railaccident , also known as the Southern Aurora disaster, was a railway accident that occurred on 7 February 1969 near the McDiarmids Road crossing, approximately 1 km south of Violet Town, Victoria , Australia. Overview The accident involved the head on collision of a passenger train, the southbound Southern Aurora , and a northbound freight train on the new single line standard gauge Sydney to Melbourne main line, opened seven years earlier. Nine people died, including Lawrence Rosevear, the driver of the northbound freight train. The trains were supposed to cross at the Violet Town crossing loop where there are two tracks , but because the driver of the passenger train had died of an apparent heart attack approximately 5 to 6 kilometres ... of this accident, improved Dead man s vigilance device vigilance control s were fitted to ensure that firemen as well as drivers remained alert, although, as the later Beresfieldrail disaster ... Town RailAccident Category Railway accidents in Australia Category History of Victoria Australia Category 1969 in Australia Category Railway accidents in 1969 Category Rail transport in Victoria Australia ... head on with the freight train. At the time of the accident, neither Automatic Train Control ATC nor .... According to an inquest into the accident, the fireman of the Southern Aurora, M. Coulthard ... A stone cairn has been erected at the site of the accident. Further reading cite web url http ...?OpenDocument title Violet Town, Victoria Rail Collision publisher www.ema.gov.au accessdate 2008 12 24 cite web url http catalogue.nla.gov.au Record 2702297 title Railway accident report ... more details
Unreferenced date November 2006 In the Kindu railaccident on November 29, 2005, at least 60 people were killed when they were swept off the roof of a train into the river below as the train crossed a bridge in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo . After speaking with local officials in his region, Koloso Sumaili, the governor of Maniema province, says it seemed there were over 60 dead in this accident. He said the accident happened around 200 km south of the town of Kindu , as the train travelled towards the southern town of Lubumbashi Trains that travel on that line have lots of people and goods on the roof. When the train was crossing over a bridge, the beams supporting the bridge swept people and goods off the train and into the river below, he said. See also List of rail accidents 2000 present 2005 railway accidents coord missing Democratic Republic of the Congo DEFAULTSORT Kindu RailAccident Category Railway accidents in 2005 Category Transport disasters in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Rail transport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Bridge disasters in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Falling from bridges Category Maniema Province Category 2005 in Africa Africa rail transport stub fr Catastrophe ferroviaire de la Lufulu ... more details
Infobox railaccident title Glasgow Bellgrove rail crash image Glasgow Bellgrove crash 1989.jpg image width 250px caption date Start date 1989 03 06 df y time location near Bellgrove railway station Bellgrove , Glasgow coordinates country Scotland line North Clyde Line br Strathclyde Passenger Transport operator type cause Signal Passed At Danger trains 2 pax deaths 2 injuries footnotes List of rail accidents in the United Kingdom List of UK rail accidents by year On 6 March 1989 two British Rail Class 303 Class 303 commuter trains crashed on the Springburn branch of the North Clyde Line , just east of Bellgrove railway station Bellgrove station in the East End of Glasgow , Scotland. One passenger and the driver of one of the trains were killed. The accident was of a type known as ding ding, and away caused primarily by a Signal passed at danger SPAD in conjunction with the double junction Single lead single lead junction track layout, where two lines converged into one just beyond the platform end and then diverged again a layout which is simpler to maintain but is vulnerable in the event of a SPAD. This type of junction has been implicated in other accidents, notably to the south east of Glasgow in the Newton South Lanarkshire railaccident Newton railaccident just a couple of years later. References Hall, Stanley 1991 . Danger on the Line . Ian Allan. ISBN 0 7110 1872 3 External links http www.railwaysarchive.co.uk docSummary.php?docID 263 Official accident report courtesy of the Railways Archive Coord 55 51 23 N 4 13 12 W type landmark region GB display title 1989 railway accidents Category 1989 in Scotland Category Railway accidents in Scotland Category Railway accidents in 1989 Category Transport in Glasgow Scotland rail transport stub ... more details
Infobox Organization name RailAccident Investigation Branch image size 250px formation 17 October 2005 ... www.raib.gov.uk The RailAccident Investigation Branch is a government agency that became operational on 17 October 2005. Its primary role is the investigation of rail accidents in the United Kingdom ... Contact us . RailAccident Investigation Branch. Retrieved on 19 October 2010. RailAccident ... name About http www.raib.gov.uk about us index.cfm About us . RailAccident Investigation Branch. Retrieved on 19 October 2010. ref The RAIB has this setup so that the RAIB can quickly respond to rail ... . RailAccident Investigation Branch. Retrieved on 21 October 2011. ref Creation and remit The William Cullen, Baron Cullen of Whitekirk Cullen Report into the Ladbroke Grove rail crash in 1999 recommended the establishment of an accident investigation body within the Department for Transport along the same lines as the Marine Accident Investigation Branch and the Air Accident Investigation Branch ... European Railway Safety Directive 2004 49 EC to provide an independent railaccident investigation body. The RAIB has its remit laid down in law by The Railways Accident Investigation and Reporting Regulations 2005, which principally require the branch to investigate any accident or RIDDOR dangerous ... , Sweden and, in the mid 1990s, at the Office of Rail Regulation . See also Portalbox Trains United Kingdom Office of Rail Regulation Health and Safety Executive Air Accidents Investigation Branch Marine Accident Investigation Branch References reflist External links http www.raib.gov.uk RAIB website Department for Transport United Kingdom Category Railaccident investigators Category Public ... The RAIB has authority to investigate any accident that occurs on any of the following railway ... that ...under slightly different circumstances, may have resulted in an accident. ref http www.raib.gov.uk ... , which in 1990 became part of the Health and Safety Executive but is now part of the Office of Rail ... more details
Refimprove date June 2008 In the Alawwa railaccident , three people were killed and 14 injured when a passenger train hit the rear of a stationary Inter City express train at Alawwa railway station in Sri Lanka on the17th September 2011 . ref http www.gyan.doctors.org.uk locoaccidents.htm . Note This link is not valid. ref Compensation Compensation will be paid to the families of those killed, and to the injured. ref http www.sundaytimes.lk latest 11062 compensation for victims of alawwa train collision.html ref Probe A committee will probe the causes of the accident. ref http www.sundaytimes.lk latest 11062 compensation for victims of alawwa train collision.html ref Other accidents A much more serious accident occurred near hear in 2002. See Sri Lanka Railways Railway accidents Accidents . See also List of rail accidents 2000 present List of rail accidents 2010 2019 References reflist coord missing Sri Lanka Category Railway accidents in 2011 Category Railway accidents in Sri Lanka Asia rail transport stub SriLanka transport stub ... more details
Infobox railaccident title Chelford railaccident image caption date 22 December 1894 time 16 44 location Chelford railway station Chelford , Cheshire coordinates country England line London and North Western Railway operator type cause Wind blew waggon onto tracks trains 2 pax deaths 14 injuries 48 footnotes List of rail accidents in the United Kingdom List of UK rail accidents by year The Chelford railaccident occurred on 22 December 1894 at Chelford railway station . The stationmaster was supervising shunting operations, during which a high sided wagon was fly shunted i.e. run off into a siding in strong winds and rapidly fading light. As another six wagons were being run onto an adjoining road, the stationmaster saw the high sided wagon being blown out of its siding by the wind to meet them. A collision occurred derailing the runaway in such a way that it fouled the main line just as the 16 15 Manchester to Crewe express approached, drawn by two locomotives, LNWR Waterloo Class 2 4 0 No 418 Zygia and LNWR Webb Experiment Class Experiment Class No 518 Express ref http www.penninewaterways.co.uk manchester m37.htm ref . The stationmaster ran towards them waving a red lamp but the drivers thought he was signalling to the shunters and did not slacken speed. Zygia derailed and fell on her side whilst her tender ran up the platform ramp. Express remained upright but the first carriage demolished the front of a signalbox. 14 passengers were killed and 48 injured. The enquiry had little comment to make as this seemed to be a freak accident but advised that, in future, the brakes ... eventsummary.php?eventID 63 Accident at Chelford on 22nd December 1894 from the Railway Archive, includes a PDF of the Accident Return coord 53.27198 N 2.27834 W type event region GB display title DEFAULTSORT Chelford RailAccident Category Railway accidents in England Category Railway accidents in 1894 Category 1894 in England Category Rail transport in Cheshire Category History ... more details
Infobox railaccident image Jokelan junaturma.jpg title Jokela railaccident date April 21, 1996 time 07 08 EEST location Jokela , Tuusula location dist 50 location dir N location city Helsinki country Finland coordinates coord 60 33 16 N 024 58 02 E type event region FI ES display inline,title line Helsinki Riihim ki railway operator VR Group type Derailment cause Excessive speed trains 1 pax 139 ... enclosed no File Jokelan junaonnettomuus sumu.jpg thumb 300px Fog at the accident site one hour and a half after the derailment. The Jokela railaccident occurred on April 21, 1996 at 07 08 local ... However, the Jyv skyl railaccident happened only two years later, showing that more improvements ... accessdate 30 October 2010 ref Similar accidents flagicon United Kingdom Milton rail crash overspeed through turnout flagicon United Kingdom Bourne End rail crash overspeed through turnout flagicon United Kingdom Goswick rail crash overspeed through turnout flagicon Australia Waterfall railaccident overspeed through sharp curve flagicon Germany Br hl train disaster overspeed through turnout flagicon Finland Jyv skyl railaccident overspeed through turnout See also Lists of rail accidents References reflist External links commonscat inline Jokela railaccident 1996 railway accidents ... overturned and eight of the twelve carriages derailed. The official investigation into the accident revealed that the accident was due to overspeeding through a slow speed turnout. ref name investigation cite web title A1 1996R Train accident at Jokela, on April 21, 1996 publisher Accident Investigation ... It is estimated that the total cost of the accident was over Finnish Markka FIM 26 million Euro 4.3 ... accident publisher YLE language Finnish date 15 February 2007 accessdate 2 November 2010 ref Causes ... of convert 35 km h ahead. The visibility was a few dozen metres. Before the accident, drivers of passing ... to maintain the schedule. ref name investigation Aftermath The Accident Investigation Board produced ... more details
Infobox railaccident title Audenshaw Junction railaccident image caption date 20 May 1970 time 22 55 location Audenshaw Junction, Audenshaw , Greater Manchester coordinates country England line Manchester Glossop Line operator type cause Signaller error trains 1 pax 33 deaths 2 injuries 13 footnotes List of rail accidents in the United Kingdom List of UK rail accidents by year The Audenshaw Junction railaccident occurred on the evening of 20 May 1970 near Guide Bridge railway station , Greater Manchester , England . A British Rail Class 506 Class 506 electric multiple unit train from Manchester Piccadilly to Hadfield, Derbyshire Hadfield had started away from a signal when a railroad switch set of points moved underneath the train, causing it to be derailed and throwing the centre carriage onto its side. Two passengers were killed and 13 were injured. Investigation The investigation found that the signalman rail signalman at Stockport Junction signal box was at fault. The lever frame at Stockport Junction was equipped with electro pneumatic slides instead of levers, with electrical economising contacts located above them. The signalman wanted to cross a freight train travelling in the opposite direction behind the passenger train, but the points were locked by a track circuit until the passenger train was well clear of them. In order to defeat the interlocking and speed things up, he had pulled the points slide slightly out of the frame. This action held the protecting signal at red as a safety measure, so in order to clear it, he obtained a false feed between two of the economiser contacts, most likely using a Bardic lamp or a broken hinge that was subsequently found. It was likely ... DoE Audenshaw1970.pdf Department of the Environment, accident report See also Connington South rail ... coauthors Lt Col A.G. Townsend Rose year 1971 title Railway Accident Report on the Derailment ... accidents in England Category Rail transport in Greater Manchester Category Railway accidents in 1970 ... more details
unreferenced date September 2010 Infobox railaccident title Newport railaccident image caption date 28 September 1907 time location Newport , Monmouthshire historic Monmouthshire coordinates country Wales line South Wales Main Line operator type cause trains 2 pax deaths 1 injuries footnotes List of rail accidents in the United Kingdom List of UK rail accidents by year The Newport railaccident occurred on Saturday night, 28 September 1907. A mineral train from Rogerstone to Cardiff and a passenger train from Cardiff collided near the Ebbw Junction, killing 1 and injuring at least 12. The passenger train left Cardiff at 19 42. The one fatality was Albert Workman the driver of the mineral train a married man with two children. Also injured was Ernest Day, aged 24, of Cardiff, fireman on the mineral engine. The passenger train was travelling at 50 mph at the time. The driver and fireman on the express train were thrown from their engine by the force of the impact, as was the fireman of the mineral engine. A number of passengers were also slightly injured. See also Lists of rail accidents List of British rail accidents References coord 51 34 9 N 3 0 26 W type event region GB display title Category Railway accidents in Wales Category History of Wales Category 1907 in Wales Category Railway accidents in 1907 Category Newport UK rail transport stub ... more details
Infobox railaccident title Stairfoot railaccident image caption date 12 December 1870 time location Stairfoot railway station Stairfoot station , near Barnsley coordinates coord 53.5452 1.4376 region GB DGY type landmark scale 50000 display inline,title country England line Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway operator type cause Failure to secure standing wagons trains 2 pax deaths 15 injuries 59 footnotes List of rail accidents in the United Kingdom List of UK rail accidents by year The Stairfoot railaccident was a railway accident that took place at Stairfoot , South Yorkshire , England . On 12 September 1870 in Barnsley top yard a rake of 10 goods wagons was standing on a gradient of 1 in 119. A single http www.lnwrs.org.uk Glossary glossarysp.php sprag sprag between the spokes of a wheel was holding them. When two gas tank wagons were shunted against the rake, the sprag broke and the 12 wagons began to move. Two pointsmen made valiant efforts to pin down the brakes to no avail. The wagons rapidly gathered speed as the gradient increased to 1 in 72 and passed three signal boxes, none of which had points under their control to deflect the runaways. Meanwhile a passenger train which had left Barnsley Court House railway station Barnsley at 18 15 was standing at Stairfoot railway station Stairfoot station one and a half miles away. The runaways struck the rear of the standing train at a speed of at least 40 mph, killing 15 and injuring 59 more. The enquiry found that the goods guard was gravely at fault for not ensuring the standing wagons were better secured. The layout of the yard was also criticized as there were no trap point s to protect the running lines in the event of such a mishap. Similar accidents Abergele rail disaster 1868 Sources cite book last1 ... Accident Returns Extract for Accident at Stairfoot on 12 December 1870 Category History of Barnsley ... disasters Category 1870 in England Category Disasters in Yorkshire Category Rail transport in South ... more details
Infobox railaccident title Shrewsbury railaccident image caption date 15 October 1907 time location Shrewsbury , Shropshire coordinates country England line Welsh Marches Line operator type cause Overspeed on curve trains 1 pax deaths 18 injuries footnotes List of rail accidents in the United Kingdom List of UK rail accidents by year The Shrewsbury railaccident occurred on 15 October 1907. An overnight sleeping car and mail train from Manchester to the West of England derailment derailed on the sharply curved approach to Shrewsbury railway station Shrewsbury station, killing 18. Speed was estimated at 60 mph on a curve limited to 10. The train left Crewe at 01 20 having had extra carriages added originating in Glasgow, York and Liverpool to form a heavy 15 carriage train, hauled by LNWR Whale Experiment Class LNWR Experiment class 4 6 0 No. 2052 Stephenson . ref British Railway Disasters , publ. Ian Allan, 1996 ref This was the last of three high speed night derailments inside a year, the others being at Salisbury rail crash Salisbury and Grantham railaccident Grantham both in 1906 . Although the results were the same, the causes appear to be different. The most likely explanation of the Shrewsbury crash was that the driver had dozed off briefly and therefore had not braked in time on the downhill entry to Shrewsbury, while the fireman evidently had not realised this until too late. Drowsiness is now known to particularly affect shift workers doing shift work sleep disorder intermittent night work . See also Lists of rail accidents List of British rail accidents References cite book first L.T.C. last Rolt year 1956 and later editions title Red for Danger publisher Bodley Head David and Charles Pan Books cite book first J.A.B. last Hamilton year 1967 title British Railway Accidents of the 20th Century reprinted as Disaster down the Line publisher George Allen and Unwin ... accidents in England Category Rail transport in Shropshire Category History of Shropshire Category ... more details
Infobox railaccident title Hull Paragon railaccident image caption date 14 February 1927 time 09 10 location Hull Paragon railway station Hull Paragon station coordinates country England line London and North Eastern Railway operator type cause Signalling failure trains 2 pax deaths 12 injuries 24 footnotes List of rail accidents in the United Kingdom List of UK rail accidents by year The Hull Paragon Railaccident was a rail crash that took place at Hull Paragon railway station . On 14 February 1927, on the approaches to Hull Paragon railway station Hull Paragon station , the incoming 08 22 from Withernsea to Hull collided head on with the 09 05 from Hull to Scarborough, North Yorkshire Scarborough . Twelve passengers were killed and 24 were seriously injured. This happened despite the tracks having the latest safety features available at the time a system of interlocking should have made it impossible to give clear signals to trains unless the route to be used is proved to be safe. Three signalmen were present in the signalbox, the enquiry found that one of them had pulled the wrong lever he had intended to set the points for the incoming train but instead set the points ahead of the Scarborough. Locking bars should have prevented these points from being changed as the signal ahead of the Scarborough was set to clear. Unfortunately one of the other signalmen was setting the signals behind the Scarborough train to danger, in contravention of the rules this was done whilst the train was still passing. This therefore disengaged the locking bar on the points for a few seconds ... 218 ref harv External links http www.railwaysarchive.co.uk documents MoT Hull1927.pdf Official accident report coord 53.7459 N 0.3583 W type event region GB display title DEFAULTSORT Hull Paragon RailAccident Category Railway accidents in England Category Railway accidents in 1927 Category Disasters in Yorkshire Category 1927 in England Category Rail transport in Kingston upon Hull Category History ... more details
The Datia train accident was a railroad accident that occurred on 3 October 2005 involving a passenger train near Datia in India s Madhya Pradesh Province. The accident occurred just three weeks before the Veligonda rail disaster which killed 114 people. The overcrowded Bundelkhand Express from Varanasi to Gwalior was apparently travelling at over six times the legal speed limit ref BBC News http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi world south asia 4303536.stm ref , when it overshot a sharp turn near the town of Datia. The engine and six coaches jumped the track and crashed through a signalman s box before coming to rest nearby in a crumpled heap. 16 people were killed and over 100 people were injured, with dozens having to be cut out of the wreckage by rescue teams. The train did not catch fire following the accident. The driver, who was believed to have been travelling at 90km h, was killed in the crash, the Railway Ministry admitted responsibility for the incident, and promised 500,000 rupees approximately 6,500 or 13,000 and a reserved future job on the railway to the family of each victim. Notes reflist coord missing Madhya Pradesh 2005 railway accidents Category Railway accidents in India Category History of Madhya Pradesh Category Datia Category Railway accidents in 2005 Category 2005 in India Category Rail transport in Madhya Pradesh ... more details
About the engineering accident the passenger train accident Grayrigg rail crash coord 54.461 2.620 display title region GB scale 20000 File Tebay mem.JPG thumb 300px right Tebay Accident Memorial The Tebay railaccident occurred when four railway workers working on the West Coast Main Line were killed by a runaway wagon near Tebay , Cumbria , England in the early hours of 15 February 2004. Incident The accident happened after a wagon laden with lengths of rail tracks steel rail ran away from a maintenance yard because it did not have properly working brakes. Its hydraulics had been disconnected because they were faulty but they had been not repaired or replaced. ref name RAR Instead wooden chock s were used to stop it moving away from the sidings. But as a maintenance worker using a crane began unloading sections of track onto a second wagon, the wagon overran its wooden blocks gathering momentum down the 1 in 75 gradient from Shap Shap summit . In darkness, the 16 tonne steel wagon reached speeds of up to Convert 40 mph 1 as it rolled down the West Coast Main Line. Running almost silently and without any warnings, it struck the four railway workers who were carrying out overnight work Convert 3.25 mi 0 further down the main line. Five men were also injured. The wagon continued to travel for almost Convert 4 mi 0 until stopping. ref name RAR cite web url http www.railwaysarchive.co.uk eventsummary.php?eventID 1522 title Accident at Tebay on 15th February 2004 publisher The Railway Archive accessdate 2010 06 01 ref Aftermath Following the incident, the boss of the rail maintenance ... jailed for Tebay rail deaths BBC News http www.rmtbristol.org.uk 2007 02 rail deaths evidence thrown ou.html Rail deaths evidence thrown out RMT rail union website news http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi england 6409343.stm Tebay rail death appeal bid fails BBC News 2004 railway accidents Category Railway accidents ... Category Rail transport in Cumbria England rail transport stub ... more details
Infobox railaccident title Llantrisant railaccident image caption date 12 August 1893 time location Llantrisant coordinates country Wales line Taff Vale Railway operator type cause Locomotive suspension failure trains 1 pax deaths 13 injuries 12 footnotes List of rail accidents in the United Kingdom List of UK rail accidents by year On 12 August 1893 a T link broke beneath a locomotive running down the bank from Merthyr to Cardiff hauling a passenger train. This allowed an underhung spring to break away from the engine and foul the wheels of the leading van, derailing the entire train. The first six carriages ran down an embankment, killing thirteen. Sources cite book last1 Rolt first1 L.T.C. authorlink1 L. T. C. Rolt last2 Kichenside first2 Geoffrey title Red for Danger edition 4th year 1982 origyear 1955 publisher David & Charles location Newton Abbot isbn 0 7153 8362 0 page 82 ref harv coord 51.5421 3.3731 display title region GB scale 20000 Category Railway accidents in Wales Category Railway accidents in 1893 Category 1893 in the United Kingdom Category Transport in Rhondda Cynon Taf Category History of Glamorgan Category Taff Vale Railway ... more details
refimprove date May 2010 Infobox railaccident title Polmont railaccident image caption date 30 July 1984 time 17 55 location Polmont coordinates coord 55.984 3.715 display inline, title region GB scale 10000 country Scotland line Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line operator type cause Animal obstruction trains 1 pax 6 coaches deaths 13 injuries 61 footnotes List of rail accidents in the United Kingdom List of UK rail accidents by year The Polmont railaccident occurred on 30 July 1984 at Polmont , near Falkirk , Scotland , when an express train from Edinburgh to Glasgow , travelling at high speed, struck a cow which had wandered onto the track near Polmont railway station Polmont station . Several of the carriages were derailed, resulting in 13 deaths and 61 injuries. The accident led to a debate about the safety of Push pull train push pull trains on British Rail . Background During this period, Edinburgh to Glasgow trains were operated by British Rail on a push pull basis with a British Rail Class 47 locomotive remaining at one end of a rake of carriages. At the other end of the train .... Accident File DBSO 9701 at Colchester.JPG thumb right A DBSO identical to the one involved in the accident ... to Glasgow was formed of a DBSO no 9706 , five British Rail Mark 3 Mark 3 coaches , and diesel locomotive British Rail Class 47 No. 47707, Holyrood . After passing through Polmont station at approximately ... Nervet rail crash derailment at Ufton Nervet in 2004 . The main focus, however, was that the light ..., however, this problem was to be revisited in tragic circumstances in the Selby rail crash Selby accident in 2001 , where a leading coach of a train being powered from the rear was again derailed ... at the station to mark the 25th anniversary of the accident. Recommendations The inquiry ... Accident Report on the Derailment that occurred on 30th July 1984 near Polmont in the Scottish Region ... http danger ahead.railfan.net gallery polmont.htm Image of accident site 1984 railway accidents ... more details
Infobox railaccident title Hall Road railaccident image caption date 27 July 1905 time 16 37 location Hall Road railway station coordinates coord 53.4975 N 3.0497 W type event region GB display inline,title country England line Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway operator type cause Rear end collision trains 2 pax deaths 21 injuries 45 footnotes List of rail accidents in the United Kingdom List of UK rail accidents by year The Hall Road railaccident occurred at 16 37 on 27 July 1905 at Hall Road railway station Hall Road station between Bootle and Formby north of Liverpool and operated at the time by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway . The 16 30 Liverpool Exchange railway station to Southport railway station Southport express collided with a local train which had departed Liverpool ten minutes earlier and which was to be turned round at Hall Road. The local train had been shunted into a siding to allow the express to pass there is doubt whether the points had been closed afterwards, or if the express had jumped the points. Either way the express struck the rear of the local train killing 20 people. Both drivers survived having jumped clear prior to the impact. Sources http www.dumbill.co.uk disasters.htm Disasters in and around the Crosby, Waterloo and Nth Liverpool area External links http www.dumbill.co.uk files HALLROAD.DOC Eyewitness accounts Category Railway accidents in England Category Railway accidents in 1905 Category 1905 in England Category Disasters in Lancashire Category Rail transport in Merseyside Category History of Merseyside Category Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Category Liverpool ... more details
Infobox railaccident title Little Salkeld railaccident image caption date 19 January 1918 time 15 58 location Long Meg cutting near Little Salkeld coordinates coord 54.724 2.6798 region GB DGY type landmark scale 50000 display inline,title country England line Settle Carlisle Line operator type cause Line obstructed landslip trains 1 pax deaths 7 injuries footnotes List of rail accidents in the United Kingdom List of UK rail accidents by year The Little Salkeld railaccident occurred between Little Salkeld and Lazonby railway station s in Long Meg Mine Long Meg cutting on the Settle Carlisle Line on 19 January 1918. As the 11 carriage 08 50 London St Pancras to Glasgow express approached the cutting a heavy landslip caused by a sudden thaw blocked both roads ahead of the train. Just five minutes earlier a platelayer had walked past the spot and seen nothing amiss. The engine, a Midland compound No. 1010, ploughed into the mass of clay at a speed of 60 mph, telescoping railway telescoping the front two carriages and killing seven passengers. Sources cite book last1 Rolt first1 L.T.C. authorlink1 L. T. C. Rolt last2 Kichenside first2 Geoffrey title Red for Danger edition 4th year 1982 origyear 1955 publisher David & Charles location Newton Abbot isbn 0 7153 8362 0 page 82 ref harv External links http www.railwaysarchive.co.uk documents BoT LittleSalkeld1918.pdf Official report Category Railway accidents in England Category Railway accidents in 1918 Category 1918 in England Category Landslides Category Rail transport in Cumbria Category History of Cumbria ... more details
Infobox railaccident image caption title Gualliguaica railaccident date March 11, 1971 time location near Vicu a, Chile Vicu a , Elqui Province country Chile line La Serena, Chile La Serena to Rivadavia, Chile Rivadavia operator Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado EFE type derailment cause trains 1 pax 350 deaths 12 injuries The Gualliguaica railaccident happened on March 11, 1971 near Vicu a, Chile Vicu a in the Elqui Province of northern Chile , when a runaway train carrying 350 passengers, mostly children, derailed next to a 12 metre deep ravine killing twelve people. ref http members.fortunecity.es maquinista ferro7.htm Accident Queronque ref The site of the accident is now beneath the surface of the Tranque Puclaro , a reservoir created in 1999. Accident The train was transporting schoolchildren on a day trip from La Serena, Chile La Serena to Vicu a to visit the Gabriela Mistral museum. The journey to Vicuna had proceeded without incident. After lunch the diesel locomotive ran around the train for the return trip as the children took their places in the five car train. The train crew were in the stationmaster s office, finalising details of the return trip when the train started to move off. Those aboard the train thought nothing was amiss but the there was no one manning the locomotive. When the rail staff realised what was happening they unsuccessfully attempted to board the train in motion but being on a slope it quickly accelerated away from the station. Eight miles down the line at Cuesta de Gualliguaica the line makes a sharp bend next to the Elqui River . At this point the train derailed plunging into the ravine. President Salvador Allende was flown to the scene ... images of the accident site References reflist 1971 railway accidents coord missing Chile DEFAULTSORT Gualliguaica RailAccident Category Railway accidents in Chile Category Railway accidents in 1971 ... for the accident be punished. Causes The enquiry into the accident observed that ideally all stations ... more details
Infobox railaccident title Grantham railaccident image caption date 19 September 1906 time 23 04 location Grantham , Lincolnshire coordinates coord 52.9097 0.6467 type event region GB display inline,title country England line East Coast Main Line operator type cause Runaway Overspeed on curve trains 1 pax deaths 14 injuries 17 footnotes List of rail accidents in the United Kingdom List of UK rail accidents by year The Grantham railaccident occurred on 19 September 1906. An evening sleeping car and mail train from Kings Cross railway station London Kings Cross to Edinburgh Waverley railway station Edinburgh Waverley hauled by GNR Class C1 Ivatt Atlantic No 276 derailment derailed , killing 14. The accident occurred in mysterious circumstances the train ran right through Grantham railway station Grantham station , where it was scheduled to stop, and derailed on a sharp curve at the end of the platform no definite cause was ever established. Rolt 1956 described it as the railway equivalent of the Marie Celeste . Many possible explanations were put forward, such as the driver going mad, being drunk, taken ill or having a fight with the fireman. However, the clear evidence of the signalman at Grantham was that he had seen both men standing looking forward through the cab front windows, apparently calmly. The platform staff were sure that the brakes on the train were not applied. One possibility is that the driver had a seizure or micro sleep and the inexperienced fireman did not realise until too late. Another, proposed in 2006 in the Railway Magazine , is a brake failure due ... inside a year, the others being at Salisbury rail crash Salisbury 1906 and Shrewsbury railaccident ... of rail accidents List of British rail accidents References cite book first L.T.C. last Rolt year ... microsites.lincolnshire.gov.uk poacherline history and heritage mystery of grantham rail crash been ... History of Lincolnshire Category Rail transport in Lincolnshire Category Disasters in Lincolnshire ... more details
Infobox railaccident title Thorpe railaccident image caption date 10 September 1874 time 21 45 location Thorpe St Andrew , Norfolk coordinates country England line Wherry Lines operator type cause Single line telegraphic working error trains 2 pax deaths 25 injuries 75 footnotes List of rail accidents in the United Kingdom List of UK rail accidents by year The Thorpe railaccident occurred on 10 September 1874, when two trains were in head on collision at Thorpe St Andrew in the England English county of Norfolk . ref cite book title Red for Danger last Rolt first L T C authorlink L T C Rolt coauthors Kichenside, Geoffrey edition 4th year 1986 publisher Pan Books isbn 0 330 29189 0 ref ref Cite document last Tyler first Col H W title Report of the Court of Enquiry year 1874 date 30 September 1874 publisher HMSO url http www.railwaysarchive.co.uk documents BoT Norwich1874.pdf accessdate 2008 11 09 ref The accident occurred on what was then a single track rail line between Norwich railway station and stnlnk Brundall . The two trains involved were the 20.40 mail from Great Yarmouth railway station Yarmouth and the 17.00 express from London to Yarmouth. The latter had left Norwich railway station Norwich Thorpe at 21.30 and would normally have had a clear run on its way to Yarmouth, since the mail train should have been held on a loop line at Brundall to allow the express to pass. On this occasion trains were running late. In such circumstances, when the timetable was upset, drivers had to have written authority to proceed further. Due to a series of errors primarily, the telegraph ... title Note WGS84 lat long, converted from OSGB36 grid ref DEFAULTSORT Thorpe RailAccident Category Railway accidents in England Category History of Norfolk Category Rail transport in Norfolk Category ... the single track. The accident, when it occurred around 21.45, resulted in both locomotives rearing ... 1874.jpg thumb right 250px Sketch map from 1874 Board of Trade report detail Prompted by the accident ... more details
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