What the records say
- When
- 9 Jun 1865
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 51.17° N, 0.58° E
- Description
- train wreck
- Deaths
- 10
- Injured
- 40
Staplehurst rail crash
Railway accident in Kent, England, in 1865
The Staplehurst rail crash was a derailment at Staplehurst, Kent, on 9 June 1865 at 3:13 pm. The South Eastern Railway Folkestone to London boat train derailed while crossing a viaduct where a length of track had been removed during engineering works, killing ten passengers and injuring forty.
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