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    Spa Road Junction rail crash was an accident on the British railway system which occurred during the peak evening rush hour of 8 January 1999 at Spa Road...
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  • 1879 Inverythan crash, 27 November 1882 Esholt Junction rail crash, 9 June 1892 Royal Mail train crashes into the back of a loaded coal train at Lawrence...
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    collided and derailed in the Spa Road Junction rail crash, some passengers had to be evacuated through the old station. Spa Road railway station today Site...
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    The Clapham Junction rail crash occurred on the morning of 12 December 1988, when a crowded British Rail passenger train crashed into the rear of another...
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    The Hawes Junction rail crash occurred at 5.49 am on 24 December 1910, just north of Lunds Viaduct between Hawes Junction (now known as Garsdale station)...
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    The Ladbroke Grove rail crash (also known as the Paddington rail crash) was a rail accident which occurred on 5 October 1999 at Ladbroke Grove in London...
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    this did not happen, known as a wrong-side failure, was the Clapham Junction rail crash due primarily to faulty wiring). To keep the network running, safety...
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    The Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash was a three-train collision at Harrow and Wealdstone station in Wealdstone, Middlesex (now Greater London) during...
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  • The Colwich rail crash occurred on the evening of Friday 19 September 1986 at Colwich Junction, Staffordshire, England. It was significant in that it was...
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    New Cross railway station (category Rail transport stations in London fare zone 2)
    225, 453 and night routes N53 and N89 serve the station. The Spa Road Junction rail crash occurred outside the station on 8 January 1999. On 10 January...
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    The Nuneaton rail crash occurred on 6 June 1975, on the West Coast Main Line just south of Nuneaton railway station in Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom...
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  • France with similar circumstances to the 2002 Potters Bar crash Unlike road signals, a rail signal, once observed showing a proceed aspect, will not normally...
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    train to Hayes had stopped at a signal under a rail bridge, and the following steam train to Ramsgate crashed into it, destroying a carriage and causing the...
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  • The Southall rail crash occurred on 19 September 1997, on the Great Western Main Line at Southall, West London. An InterCity 125 high speed passenger train...
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  • on Station Road, adjacent to the Manchester branch of the West Coast Main Line and approximately three miles (5 km) north of Colwich Junction. To carry...
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    The Salisbury rail crash occurred in England on 1 July 1906, when a boat train from Plymouth to London failed to negotiate a sharp bend at more than twice...
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  • The 1996 Stafford rail crash occurred on 8 March 1996 when a Transrail freight train travelling from Mossend, North Lanarkshire, to Willesden, North London...
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  • The Purley station rail crash was a train collision that occurred just to the north of Purley railway station in the London Borough of Croydon on Saturday...
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    South Eastern Main Line (category Rail transport in Kent)
    the wagon probably being loaded unevenly. 8 January 1999 - the Spa Road Junction rail crash. An eight-coach train comprising a 4CEP and a 4VEP electric multiple...
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  • The Wrawby Junction rail crash was a train crash which occurred on 9 December 1983, at Wrawby Junction, near Barnetby station, North Lincolnshire, England...
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  • The Winwick rail crash took place at Winwick Junction, near Warrington on the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, on 28 September 1934. Two trains collided...
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  • Overspeed through sharp curve. Waterfall rail accident - 2003 - overspeed through sharp curve - 7 killed Amagasaki rail crash - 2005 - Overspeed through sharp...
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    Norwood Junction railway station is a National Rail station in South Norwood in the London Borough of Croydon, south London, and is in Travelcard Zone...
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  • line). List of British rail accidents Southall rail crash – SPAD accident in September 1997. "Signals blamed for Watford rail crash". BBC News. 29 April...
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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...
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    / Strategic Rail Authority rail franchising process. Neither was welcomed by the government, which in the wake of the Hatfield rail crash was focused...
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  • Purley and Bellgrove, the scope of the inquiry into the Clapham Junction rail crash, headed by Anthony Hidden, QC, was expanded to also cover safety...
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  • The 1947 Doncaster rail crash was a fatal rail incident that occurred just south of Doncaster station at Bridge Junction. A train was signalled onto an...
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  • Court of Appeal in Edinburgh upheld both convictions. "Police treat train-crash deaths as murder". The Independent. 27 June 1994. Retrieved 9 July 2019...
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  • Danger Signals. Ian Allan. ITN news footage and interviews Hither Green rail crash BBC News online 'On this day' 51°26′43″N 0°00′20″E / 51.44528°N 0.00556°E...
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