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The worst accident was the Quintinshill rail disaster in Scotland in 1915 with 226 dead and 246 injured. [a] The second worst, and the worst in England's peacetime history, was the 1952 Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash, which killed 112 people and injured 340. [1]
On 16 February 1958, a passenger train is in a rear-end collision with a light engine at Ince Moss Junction, Lancashire due to errors by a signalman and the driver of the light engine. Two people died . [13] On 4 April 1958, a parcels train overran signals and was in collision with an electric multiple unit at Gloucester Road Junction, Croydon ...
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The Quintinshill rail disaster was a multi-train rail crash which occurred on 22 May 1915 outside the Quintinshill signal box near Gretna Green in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. It resulted in the deaths of over 200 people and remains the worst rail disaster in British history .
Terrorist incidents on railway systems in the United Kingdom (1 C, 10 P) Train collisions in the United Kingdom (2 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Railway accidents and incidents in the United Kingdom"
Lagerlunda rail accident, 1875 15 November – Sweden – Lagerlunda rail accident – Unclear signalling leads to a head-on-collision between two passenger trains near Lagerlunda, Östergötland. Nine people are killed. [146] 18 November – United Kingdom – Two London, Chatham and Dover Railway trains collide at Ludgate Hill, London ...
Pages in category "Accidents and incidents involving British Rail" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Lists of railway accidents and incidents in Wales (1 P) Pages in category "Lists of railway accidents and incidents in the United Kingdom" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.