Rail accident

1890 Norton Fitzwarren rail crash

11 Nov 1890 · 51.02° N, 3.13° W

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When
11 Nov 1890
Kind
Rail accident
Coordinates
51.02° N, 3.13° W
Description
train collision on the GWR in Somerset, 11 November 1890
Deaths
10
Injured
11

1890 Norton Fitzwarren rail crash

Railway incident in Somerset, England

The Norton Fitzwarren rail crash occurred on 11 November 1890, at Norton Fitzwarren station on the Great Western Railway, approximately two miles south-west of Taunton in Somerset. A special boat train carrying passengers from Plymouth to Paddington collided with a goods train that was being shunted on the main line.

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