What the records say
- When
- 5 Nov 1967
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 51.45° N, 0.01° E
- Description
- 1967 derailment in south east London
- Deaths
- 49
- Injured
- 78
- Cause
- broken rail
Hither Green rail crash
1967 train derailment in London, England
On 5 November 1967, a busy Sunday evening train service from Hastings to London Charing Cross derailed near the Hither Green maintenance depot in London, between Hither Green and Grove Park railway stations. Of the twelve coaches, many full of standing passengers, eleven were derailed and four turned onto their sides, resulting in 49 fatalities and 78 injuries.
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