What the records say
- When
- 6 Jun 2010
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 56.40° N, 5.12° W
- Description
- railway accident in the UK
- Deaths
- 0
Falls of Cruachan derailment
Derailment of a ScotRail passenger train on 6 June 2010, on the West Highland Line
The Falls of Cruachan derailment occurred on 6 June 2010 on the West Highland Line in Scotland, when a passenger train travelling between Glasgow and Oban hit boulders on the line and derailed near Falls of Cruachan railway station, after a landslide. There was a small fire and one carriage was left in a precarious position on the 50-foot-high (15-metre) embankment.
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