What the records say
- When
- 25 Jun 1994
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 55.94° N, 4.77° W
- Description
- train wreck in Inverclyde, Scotland, UK
- Deaths
- 2
Greenock rail crash
Railway accident caused by sabotage
On 25 June 1994, the 22:45 from Wemyss Bay to Glasgow, in Scotland, derailed and smashed into a bridge after hitting concrete blocks placed deliberately on the railway by vandals outside of where Drumfrochar railway station would be opened four years later.
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