Rail accident

Ballymacarrett rail crash

10 Jan 1945 · 54.60° N, 5.89° W

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When
10 Jan 1945
Kind
Rail accident
Coordinates
54.60° N, 5.89° W
Description
1945 train crash in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Deaths
22

Ballymacarrett rail crash

1945 train crash in Belfast, Northern Ireland

The Ballymacarrett rail crash occurred on 10 January 1945 at 7:50am in the Ballymacarrett area of Belfast, County Down, Northern Ireland on the Belfast to Bangor Line of the Belfast and County Down Railway, when a train led by a heavy autotrain driving trailer ran into the back of a stopped passenger train consisting of lightweight wooden coaches. 22 died with 27 injured.

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