What the records say
- When
- 17 Sep 1912
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 53.36° N, 2.77° W
- Description
- rail crash accident
- Deaths
- 15
Ditton Junction rail crash
1912 railway incident in England
Ditton Junction is near Widnes on the Liverpool spur of the former London and North Western Railway. This complex junction had eight running lines and associated signal gantries. On 17 September 1912 the 17:30 Chester to Liverpool express was signalled to cross from the fast to the slow line, but the driver, Robert Hughes, age 41, from Llangwstenin, Conwy, who had little experience of the junction and had never been…
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