Rail accident

Moorgate tube crash

28 Feb 1975 · 51.52° N, 0.09° W

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When
28 Feb 1975
Kind
Rail accident
Coordinates
51.52° N, 0.09° W
Description
train wreck on London Underground
Deaths
43
Injured
74
Participants
1

Moorgate tube crash

1975 London Underground train crash

The Moorgate tube crash occurred on 28 February 1975 at 8:46 am on the London Underground's Northern City Line; 43 people died and 74 were injured after a train failed to stop at the line's southern terminus, Moorgate station, and crashed into its end wall. It is considered the worst peacetime accident on the London Underground.

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