2024 Talerddig collision

When

21 Oct 2024

Kind

Rail accident

Coordinates

52.59° N, 3.58° W

Description

Rail crash in Wales, United Kingdom

Deaths

1

Injured

15

Rail accident in Powys, Wales

On 21 October 2024, a passenger train heading westwards from Shrewsbury to Aberystwyth on the Cambrian Line in Wales collided head-on with another train heading in the opposite direction on a section of single line approximately 900 m west of the passing loop at Talerddig, Powys. The trains had been scheduled to pass at the loop, but the first train failed to stop.

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