Kentish Town rail accident
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Kentish Town rail accident | |
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Details | |
Date | 2 September 1861 |
Location | Kentish Town station |
Country | England |
Line | Hampstead Junction Railway |
Cause | Signalling error |
Statistics | |
Trains | 2 |
Deaths | 16 |
Injured | 317 (20 seriously) |
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On 2 September 1861, near Kentish Town station in London, 16 people were killed and 317 were injured when an excursion train operated by the North London Railway collided with a freight train operated by the London and North Western Railway.[1]
The excursion train was running early and had been given permission to proceed, but met the freight train as it crossed the lines at a freight sidings unprotected by signals.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Yolland, Col W. (1861). Board of Trade Report (PDF). HMSO.
- ^ Neele, George P. (1904). Railway Reminiscences. McCorquodale & Co. Ltd. p. 94.
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- Train collisions in England
- Railway accidents caused by signaller's error
- 1861 disasters in the United Kingdom