Glanrhyd Bridge collapse

Quand

19 oct. 1987

Type

Accident ferroviaire

Coordonnées

51.93° N, 3.91° W

Description

railway accident in Carmarthenshire, Wales, in 1977

Deaths

4

Cause

bridge scour, bridge failure

1987 railway accident in Carmarthenshire, Wales

On 19 October 1987, a train on the Heart of Wales line derailed and fell into the River Towy due to the partial collapse of the Glanrhyd Bridge near Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire. Four people died as a result of the tragedy; the driver and three of the passengers drowned.

Source : Wikipedia, CC BY-SA · Lire l’article

• Wikidata: air, rail, road, mining and industrial accidentsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Page source
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · l’appelle « Glanrhyd Bridge collapse: A train runs off the end of a bridge that has collapsed into the River Towy in Wales due to flooding, killing four people »Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Page source