What the records say
- When
- 19 Sep 1997
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 51.51° N, 0.38° W
- Description
- 1997 high-speed rail crash near London
- Deaths
- 7
Southall rail crash
1997 high-speed rail crash near London
The Southall rail crash occurred on 19 September 1997, on the Great Western Main Line at Southall, West London. An InterCity 125 high speed passenger train (HST) failed to slow down in response to warning signals and collided with a freight train crossing its path, causing seven deaths and 139 injuries.
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- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “В Великобритании скоростной экспресс Суонси—Лондон врезался в пустой товарный состав возле Соутолла”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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