What the records say
- When
- 13 Oct 1928
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 51.63° N, 2.40° W
- Description
- fatal train crash in Charfield
- Deaths
- 16
Charfield railway disaster
1928 train crash in Charfield, England
The Charfield railway disaster was a fatal train crash which occurred on 13 October 1928 in the village of Charfield in the English county of Gloucestershire. The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Leeds to Bristol night mail train failed to stop at the signals protecting the down refuge siding at Charfield railway station.
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