Hither Green rail crash

Quand

5 nov. 1967

Type

Accident ferroviaire

Coordonnées

51.45° N, 0.01° E

Description

1967 derailment in south east London

Deaths

49

Injured

78

Cause

broken rail

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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