What the records say
- When
- 10 Mar 1938
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 54.60° N, 2.00° W
- Description
- railway accident in the UK
- Deaths
- 0
- Injured
- 12
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
Charing Cross (Northern line) tube crash
1938 train disaster in London, England
The Charing Cross tube crash occurred at 08:32 hours on 10 March 1938, when a Northern line train ran into the rear of a stationary train near Charing Cross in London. Twelve people were slightly injured. The accident was caused by a signal technician carrying out a temporary repair to a faulty signal even though he was not familiar with the layout and did not have access to the signalling diagram.
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