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scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cowden_railway_station" title="Cowden railway station">Cowden railway station</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kent" title="Kent">Kent</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Line</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Oxted_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Oxted Line">Oxted Line</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Operator</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Network_SouthCentral" title="Network SouthCentral">Network SouthCentral</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Incident type</th><td class="infobox-data">Single-line collision</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cause</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Signal_passed_at_danger" title="Signal passed at danger">SPAD</a> caused by driver error</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Trains</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Deaths</th><td class="infobox-data">5</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Injured</th><td class="infobox-data">13</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><a href="/wiki/List_of_rail_accidents_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of rail accidents in the United Kingdom">List of UK rail accidents by year</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Cowden rail crash</b> occurred on 15 October 1994, near <a href="/wiki/Cowden_railway_station" title="Cowden railway station">Cowden Station</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kent" title="Kent">Kent</a> (UK), when two trains collided head-on, killing five and injuring 13, after one of them had <a href="/wiki/Signal_passed_at_danger" title="Signal passed at danger">passed a signal at danger</a> and entered a <a href="/wiki/Single_track_(rail)" class="mw-redirect" title="Single track (rail)">single-line</a> section. The cause was due to a collective of issues; the AWS being inoperative, the signal was dirty and the light intensity was low, and there were no trap points to prevent a train wrongly entering a section against the signal. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Incident">Incident</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cowden_rail_crash&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Incident"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 08:00 <a href="/wiki/Rail_direction" class="mw-redirect" title="Rail direction">up</a> <a href="/wiki/Uckfield_railway_station" title="Uckfield railway station">Uckfield</a>-<a href="/wiki/Oxted_railway_station" title="Oxted railway station">Oxted</a> <a href="/wiki/Diesel_multiple_unit#Diesel–electric" title="Diesel multiple unit">DEMU</a> train, 2E27 consisting of <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_205" title="British Rail Class 205">Class 205</a> three-car units 205018 and 205001, was crewed by driver Brian Barton and guard Jonathan Brett-Andrews. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cowden_train_crash.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Cowden_train_crash.jpg/220px-Cowden_train_crash.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Cowden_train_crash.jpg/330px-Cowden_train_crash.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Cowden_train_crash.jpg/440px-Cowden_train_crash.jpg 2x" data-file-width="904" data-file-height="574" /></a><figcaption>Moments before the collision recreated using <i><a href="/wiki/Trainz" title="Trainz">Trainz</a></i>.</figcaption></figure> <p>2E27 departed from <a href="/wiki/Ashurst_railway_station" title="Ashurst railway station">Ashurst</a> at about 08:25 and entered a single-track section of line at danger, which ran from Ashurst to <a href="/wiki/Hever_railway_station" title="Hever railway station">Hever station</a>. The signal was meant to be held at danger for 2E27 to await the passage of the 08:04 Oxted-Uckfield DEMU down train 2E24, consisting of Class 205 three-car units 205029 and 205032, crewed by driver David Rees and guard R. Boyd. It had just departed Cowden station, already located within the single-line section between Ashurst and Hever. Because of a lack of communication with the train crews, the Oxted signalman was unable to prevent the ensuing collision. </p><p>The lead car of 2E27 was telescoped by the lead car of 2E24. Both drivers, along with guard Brett-Andrews and two passengers, Raymond and Maura Pointer, were killed. The cabs were so badly damaged that it was impossible to determine who had been driving 2E27. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Causes">Causes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cowden_rail_crash&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Causes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There were several contributory factors; it was conjectured that the <a href="/wiki/Automatic_Warning_System" title="Automatic Warning System">AWS</a> was inoperative, the signal was dirty and the light intensity was low, and there were no <a href="/wiki/Trap_points" class="mw-redirect" title="Trap points">trap points</a> to prevent a train wrongly entering a section against the signal. However the official report initially blamed the driver of the northbound train, Brian Barton, upon further investigation this was found to be inaccurate as Barton had no direct means of contacting the Oxted signalman and so could not have prevented the crash. </p><p>It was noted that the Oxted signalman, who was aware of the situation, had no direct means of alerting either driver. He attempted to contact the driver of the down train on the signal post telephone, but to no avail (presumably the driver never heard it above the noise of the engine immediately behind him). The signalman did alert the emergency services to the collision while the trains were still one mile apart. The reason for cancelling the contract to fit <a href="/wiki/Cab_Secure_Radio" title="Cab Secure Radio">Cab Secure Radio</a> to this line prior to the incident, as mandated in the wake of the previous <a href="/wiki/Clapham_Junction_rail_crash" title="Clapham Junction rail crash">Clapham disaster and Hidden report recommendations</a>, remains unclear; however it seems likely that the changes occurring at the time, such as the channel tunnel and privatisation of the rail network, took priority over funding. Radio began to be installed across the railway immediately following the incident, and an inquiry was started. </p><p>The crash was exacerbated by the age and design of the multiple units involved. The separate-chassis construction of the elderly <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_205" title="British Rail Class 205">British Rail Class 205</a> stock, based on the BR Mk1 design, led to overriding of one carriage by the next. The weight of the diesel engines above the frames of the coach probably did not help. These trains, unpopular with users of the line because of their age, were replaced in 2004 by <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_171" title="British Rail Class 171">Turbostars</a>. </p><p>The Wealden Line Campaign, which lobbies for service improvements and extensions to the Uckfield line, had previously predicted in its newsletter <i>Missing Link</i> and via the local press that the line's rationalisation - the reduction to single line sections - could lead to such an event. They continue to campaign for the re-doubling of the route and its development within their BML2 project. </p><p>A plaque on the station buildings at Cowden commemorates the crash. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cowden_rail_crash&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CSR_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/CSR_01.jpg/220px-CSR_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/CSR_01.jpg/330px-CSR_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/CSR_01.jpg/440px-CSR_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="518" /></a><figcaption>Although it has now been superseded by <a href="/wiki/GSM-R" title="GSM-R">GSM-R</a>, Cab Secure Radio was introduced following the Cowden crash</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cab_Secure_Radio" title="Cab Secure Radio">Cab Secure Radio</a> began to be introduced</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Signal_passed_at_danger#Collision_prevention_systems" title="Signal passed at danger">SPAD indicators</a> were introduced to protect the entrance to single lines</li></ul> <ul><li>AWS magnets were installed at the exits to some <a href="/wiki/Traction_maintenance_depot" class="mw-redirect" title="Traction maintenance depot">maintenance depots</a> to check that a train's <a href="/wiki/Automatic_warning_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Automatic warning system">automatic warning system</a> is operational.<sup id="cite_ref-Rulebook_AWS_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rulebook_AWS-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li>Eventually the <a href="/wiki/Train_Protection_%26_Warning_System" title="Train Protection & Warning System">train protection and warning system</a> was installed at the entrance to single lines and other conflict points.<sup id="cite_ref-Rulebook_TPWS_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rulebook_TPWS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cowden_rail_crash&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px 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.cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180810143338/https://www.rssb.co.uk/rgs/rulebooks/GERM8000-master-module%20Iss%201.pdf">"RS/522 - AWS and TPWS Handbook - Issue 2"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>rssb.co.uk</i>. Rail Safety & Standards Board. June 2014. p. 5 (PDF pg 1294). Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rssb.co.uk/rgs/rulebooks/GERM8000-master-module%20Iss%201.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 10 August 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2 November</span> 2017</span>. <q>Depot Test Magnet - A permanent magnet, used to test the operation of a train's AWS equipment, may be provided at the exit of certain maintenance depots.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=rssb.co.uk&rft.atitle=RS%2F522+-+AWS+and+TPWS+Handbook+-+Issue+2&rft.pages=5+%28PDF+pg+1294%29&rft.date=2014-06&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rssb.co.uk%2Frgs%2Frulebooks%2FGERM8000-master-module%2520Iss%25201.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACowden+rail+crash" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Rulebook_TPWS-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Rulebook_TPWS_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180810143338/https://www.rssb.co.uk/rgs/rulebooks/GERM8000-master-module%20Iss%201.pdf">"RS/522 - AWS and TPWS Handbook - Issue 2"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>rssb.co.uk</i>. Rail Safety & Standards Board. June 2014. p. 11 (PDF pg 1300). Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rssb.co.uk/rgs/rulebooks/GERM8000-master-module%20Iss%201.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 10 August 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 May</span> 2024</span>. <q>TPWS is provided: on passenger lines, at all main running signals capable of showing a stop aspect ... which protect crossing or converging movements</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=rssb.co.uk&rft.atitle=RS%2F522+-+AWS+and+TPWS+Handbook+-+Issue+2&rft.pages=11+%28PDF+pg+1300%29&rft.date=2014-06&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rssb.co.uk%2Frgs%2Frulebooks%2FGERM8000-master-module%2520Iss%25201.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACowden+rail+crash" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cowden_rail_crash&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHall1999" class="citation book cs1">Hall, Stanley (1999). <i>Hidden Dangers: Railway Safety in the Era of Privatisation</i>. Ian Allan. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7137-1973-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-7137-1973-7"><bdi>0-7137-1973-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Hidden+Dangers%3A+Railway+Safety+in+the+Era+of+Privatisation&rft.pub=Ian+Allan&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=0-7137-1973-7&rft.aulast=Hall&rft.aufirst=Stanley&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACowden+rail+crash" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHolden1996" class="citation web cs1">Holden, C. B. (January 1996). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/HSE_Cowden1994.pdf">"A report of the Inquiry into the collision between two passenger trains which occurred at Cowden on 15 October 1994"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <a href="/wiki/Health_and_Safety_Executive" title="Health and Safety Executive">Health and Safety Executive</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 January</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=A+report+of+the+Inquiry+into+the+collision+between+two+passenger+trains+which+occurred+at+Cowden+on+15+October+1994&rft.pub=Health+and+Safety+Executive&rft.date=1996-01&rft.aulast=Holden&rft.aufirst=C.+B.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.railwaysarchive.co.uk%2Fdocuments%2FHSE_Cowden1994.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACowden+rail+crash" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVaughan2000" class="citation book cs1">Vaughan, Adrian (2000). <i>Tracks to Disaster</i>. Ian Allan. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7110-2731-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-7110-2731-5"><bdi>0-7110-2731-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Tracks+to+Disaster&rft.pub=Ian+Allan&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=0-7110-2731-5&rft.aulast=Vaughan&rft.aufirst=Adrian&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACowden+rail+crash" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <p><span class="geo-inline-hidden noexcerpt"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external 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1900–1999</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1900s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Slough_rail_accident" title="Slough rail accident">Slough</a> (Jun 1900)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_St_Enoch_rail_accident" title="Glasgow St Enoch rail accident">Glasgow St Enoch</a> (Jul 1903)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gomshall_railway_station#Accidents_and_incidents" title="Gomshall railway station">Gomshall</a> (Feb 1904)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hall_Road_rail_accident" title="Hall Road rail accident">Hall Road</a> (Jul 1905) <b>‡</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Witham_rail_crash" title="Witham rail crash">Witham</a> (Sep 1905)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charing_Cross_roof_collapse" title="Charing Cross roof collapse">Charing Cross</a> (Dec 1905)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906_Salisbury_rail_crash" title="1906 Salisbury rail crash">Salisbury</a> (Jul 1906) <b>‡</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grantham_rail_accident" title="Grantham rail accident">Grantham</a> (Sep 1906)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elliot_Junction_rail_accident" title="Elliot Junction rail accident">Elliot Junction</a> (Dec 1906) <b>‡</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newport_rail_accident" title="Newport rail accident">Newport</a> (Sep 1907)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1907_Birmingham_Tramway_accident" title="1907 Birmingham Tramway accident">Birmingham</a> (Oct 1907)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dore_%26_Totley_railway_station#History" title="Dore & Totley railway station">Dore</a> (Oct 1907)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shrewsbury_rail_accident" title="Shrewsbury rail accident">Shrewsbury</a> (Oct 1907)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_Bournemouth_Tramway_accident" title="1908 Bournemouth Tramway accident">Bournemouth</a> (May 1908)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tonbridge_railway_station#Accidents" title="Tonbridge railway station">Tonbridge</a> (Mar 1909)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1910s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Braunton_Road_rail_accident" title="Braunton Road rail accident">Braunton Road</a> (Jan 1910)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coulsdon_North_railway_station#1910_accident" title="Coulsdon North railway station">Coulsdon North</a> (Jan 1910)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawes_Junction_rail_crash" title="Hawes Junction rail crash">Hawes Junction</a> (Dec 1910)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontypridd_railway_accident" title="Pontypridd railway accident">Pontypridd</a> (Jan 1911)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ditton_Junction_rail_crash" title="Ditton Junction rail crash">Ditton Junction</a> (Sep 1912)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chumhill_rail_accident" title="Chumhill rail accident">Chumhill</a> (Feb 1913)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913_Ais_Gill_rail_accident" title="1913 Ais Gill rail accident">Ais Gill</a> (Sep 1913)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burntisland_railway_station#Accidents_and_incidents" title="Burntisland railway station">Burntisland</a> (Apr 1914)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrbridge_railway_station#1914_bridge_collapse" title="Carrbridge railway station">Carrbridge</a> (Jun 1914)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_Ilford_rail_crash" title="1915 Ilford rail crash">Ilford</a> (Jan 1915)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quintinshill_rail_disaster" title="Quintinshill rail disaster">Quintinshill</a> (May 1915) <b>‡</b> <b>§</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weedon_rail_crashes#1915_rail_crash" title="Weedon rail crashes">Weedon</a> (Aug 1915)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Bedes_Junction_rail_crash" title="St Bedes Junction rail crash">St Bedes Junction</a> (Dec 1915)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penistone_rail_accidents#20th_century_accidents" title="Penistone rail accidents">Penistone</a> (Feb 1916)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ratho_rail_crash" title="Ratho rail crash">Ratho</a> (Jan 1917)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bere_Ferrers_rail_accident" title="Bere Ferrers rail accident">Bere Ferrers</a> (Sep 1917)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Salkeld_rail_accident" title="Little Salkeld rail accident">Little Salkeld</a> (Jan 1918)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paddock_Wood_railway_station#Accidents" title="Paddock Wood railway station">Paddock Wood</a> (May 1919)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1920s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Littlehampton_railway_station#Accidents" title="Littlehampton railway station">Littlehampton</a> (Aug 1920)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abermule_train_collision" title="Abermule train collision">Abermule</a> (Jan 1921)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_New_Street_railway_station#Accidents_and_incidents" title="Birmingham New Street railway station">Birmingham New Street</a> (Nov 1921)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birkenhead_Park_railway_station#Fatal_accident" title="Birkenhead Park railway station">Birkenhead Park</a> (Dec 1922)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Retford_railway_station#Accidents_and_incidents" title="Retford railway station">Retford</a> (Feb 1923)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lytham_rail_crash" title="Lytham rail crash">Lytham</a> (Nov 1924)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parkgate_and_Rawmarsh_railway_station" title="Parkgate and Rawmarsh railway station">Parkgate & Rawmarsh</a> (Nov 1926)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hull_Paragon_rail_accident" title="Hull Paragon rail accident">Hull Paragon</a> (Feb 1927)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penistone_rail_accidents#20th_century_accidents" title="Penistone rail accidents">Penistone</a> (Feb 1927)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sevenoaks_railway_accident" title="Sevenoaks railway accident">Sevenoaks</a> (Aug 1927)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darlington_rail_crash" title="Darlington rail crash">Darlington</a> (Jun 1928) <b>‡</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Bridge_station#Accidents_and_incidents" title="London Bridge station">London Bridge</a> (Jul 1928)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Queen_Street_rail_accident" title="Glasgow Queen Street rail accident">Glasgow Queen Street</a> (Oct 1928)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charfield_railway_disaster" title="Charfield railway disaster">Charfield</a> (Oct 1928)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combe_Down_Tunnel#Accident" title="Combe Down Tunnel">Combe Down Tunnel</a> (Nov 1929)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1930s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Hill_railway_station#Incidents" title="Lawrence Hill railway station">Lawrence Hill</a> (Jan 1930)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leighton_Buzzard_railway_station#Accidents_and_incidents" title="Leighton Buzzard railway station">Leighton Buzzard</a> (Mar 1931)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raynes_Park_railway_station#Accidents_and_incidents" title="Raynes Park railway station">Raynes Park</a> (May 1933)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winwick_rail_crash" title="Winwick rail crash">Winwick</a> (Sep 1934)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welwyn_Garden_City_rail_crashes#1935_crash" title="Welwyn Garden City rail crashes">Welwyn Garden City</a> (Jun 1935)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battersea_Park_rail_crash" title="Battersea Park rail crash">Battersea Park</a> (Apr 1937)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castlecary_rail_accidents#1937_accident" title="Castlecary rail accidents">Castlecary</a> (Dec 1937) <b>‡</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charing_Cross_(Northern_line)_tube_crash" title="Charing Cross (Northern line) tube crash">Charing Cross</a> (Mar 1938)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charing_Cross_(District_line)_tube_crash" title="Charing Cross (District line) tube crash">Charing Cross</a> (May 1938)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1940s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bounds_Green_tube_station#Second_World_War" title="Bounds Green tube station">Bounds Green</a> (Oct 1940)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balham_station#Second_World_War" title="Balham station">Balham</a> (Oct 1940) <b>‡</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Norton_Fitzwarren_rail_crash" title="1940 Norton Fitzwarren rail crash">Norton Fitzwarren</a> (Nov 1940) <b>‡</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bank_and_Monument_stations#Notable_events" title="Bank and Monument stations">Bank</a> (Jan 1941) <b>‡</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_Eccles_rail_crash" title="1941 Eccles rail crash">Eccles</a> (Dec 1941) <b>‡</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethnal_Green_tube_station#Wartime_disaster" title="Bethnal Green tube station">Bethnal Green</a> (Mar 1943) <b>‡</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catterick_Bridge_explosion" title="Catterick Bridge explosion">Catterick Bridge</a> (Feb 1944)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_Ilford_rail_crash" title="1944 Ilford rail crash">Ilford</a> (Jan 1944)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soham_rail_disaster" title="Soham rail disaster">Soham</a> (Jun 1944)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballymacarrett_rail_crash" title="Ballymacarrett rail crash">Ballymacarrett</a> (Jan 1945) <b>‡</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Cross_railway_accident" title="King's Cross railway accident">King's Cross</a> (Feb 1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bourne_End_rail_crash" title="Bourne End rail crash">Bourne End</a> (Sep 1945) <b>‡</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lichfield_rail_crash" title="Lichfield rail crash">Lichfield</a> (Jan 1946) <b>‡</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potters_Bar_rail_accidents#1946" title="Potters Bar rail accidents">Potters Bar</a> (Feb 1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grayrigg#Railway_accidents" title="Grayrigg">Grayrigg</a> (May 1947)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polesworth_railway_station#Accidents" title="Polesworth railway station">Polesworth</a> (July 1947)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_Doncaster_rail_crash" title="1947 Doncaster rail crash">Doncaster</a> (Aug 1947)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Croydon_rail_crash" title="South Croydon rail crash">South Croydon</a> (Oct 1947) <b>‡</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goswick_rail_crash" title="Goswick rail crash">Goswick</a> (Oct 1947) <b>‡</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Victoria_station#Accidents_and_incidents" title="Manchester Victoria station">Manchester Victoria</a> (Dec 1947)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_Winsford_railway_accident" title="1948 Winsford railway accident">Winsford</a> (Apr 1948) <b>‡</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stockport_Viaduct#Stockport_rail_accident_1948" title="Stockport Viaduct">Stockport Viaduct</a> (Nov 1948)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penmanshiel_Tunnel#Train_fire_(1949)" title="Penmanshiel Tunnel">Penmanshiel Tunnel</a> (Jun 1949)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1950s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Penmaenmawr#Notable_events" title="Penmaenmawr">Penmaenmawr</a> (Aug 1950)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_Doncaster_rail_crash" title="1951 Doncaster rail crash">Doncaster</a> (Mar 1951)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huntingdon_railway_station#Train_fire_(1951)" title="Huntingdon railway station">Huntingdon</a> (Jul 1951)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newcastle_railway_station#Accidents_and_incidents" title="Newcastle railway station">Newcastle</a> (Aug 1951)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weedon_rail_crashes#1951_rail_crash" title="Weedon rail crashes">Weedon</a> (Sep 1951)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrow_and_Wealdstone_rail_crash" title="Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash">Harrow & Wealdstone</a> (Oct 1952) <b>‡</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stratford_tube_crash" title="Stratford tube crash">Stratford</a> (Apr 1953)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irk_Valley_Junction_rail_crash" title="Irk Valley Junction rail crash">Irk Valley Junction</a> (Aug 1953)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watford_Junction_railway_station#1954_accident" title="Watford Junction railway station">Watford Junction</a> (Feb 1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sutton_Coldfield_rail_crash" title="Sutton Coldfield rail crash">Sutton Coldfield</a> (Jan 1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milton_rail_crash" title="Milton rail crash">Milton</a> (Nov 1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barnes_rail_crash" title="Barnes rail crash">Barnes</a> (Dec 1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luton_railway_station#1955_accident" title="Luton railway station">Luton</a> (Dec 1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welwyn_Garden_City_rail_crashes#1957_crash" title="Welwyn Garden City rail crashes">Welwyn Garden City</a> (Jan 1957)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Axon" title="John Axon">Chapel-en-le-Frith</a> (Feb 1957)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewisham_rail_crash" title="Lewisham rail crash">Lewisham</a> (Dec 1957) <b>‡</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dagenham_East_rail_crash" title="Dagenham East rail crash">Dagenham East</a> (Jan 1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastbourne_rail_crash" title="Eastbourne rail crash">Eastbourne</a> (Aug 1958)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Settle_rail_crash" title="Settle rail crash">Settle</a> (Jan 1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Severn_Railway_Bridge#1960_accident" title="Severn Railway Bridge">Severn Railway Bridge</a> (Oct 1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royton_railway_station#Accidents" title="Royton railway station">Royton</a> (Feb 1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baschurch_railway_station#Accidents_and_incidents" title="Baschurch railway station">Baschurch</a> (Feb 1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Singleton_Bank_rail_crash" title="Singleton Bank rail crash">Singleton Bank</a> (Jul 1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_rail_crash" title="Lincoln rail crash">Lincoln</a> (Jun 1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coppenhall_Junction_railway_accident" title="Coppenhall Junction railway accident">Coppenhall Junction</a> (Dec 1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knowle_and_Dorridge_rail_crash" title="Knowle and Dorridge rail crash">Knowle & Dorridge</a> (Aug 1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheadle_Hulme_railway_station#Derailments" title="Cheadle Hulme railway station">Cheadle Hulme</a> (May 1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coton_Hill_rail_crash" title="Coton Hill rail crash">Coton Hill</a> (Jan 1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_Winsford_railway_accident" title="1965 Winsford railway accident">Winsford</a> (Jun 1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stechford_rail_crash" title="Stechford rail crash">Stechford</a> (Feb 1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Connington_South_rail_crash" title="Connington South rail crash">Connington South</a> (Mar 1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Thirsk_rail_crash" title="1967 Thirsk rail crash">Thirsk</a> (Jul 1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hither_Green_rail_crash" title="Hither Green rail crash">Hither Green</a> (Nov 1967) <b>‡</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hixon_rail_crash" title="Hixon rail crash">Hixon</a> (Jan 1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castlecary_rail_accidents#1968_accident" title="Castlecary rail accidents">Castlecary</a> (Sep 1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marden_rail_crash" title="Marden rail crash">Marden</a> (Jan 1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rail_accidents_at_Morpeth#1969_derailment" title="Rail accidents at Morpeth">Morpeth</a> (May 1969)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Audenshaw_Junction_rail_accident" class="mw-redirect" title="Audenshaw Junction rail accident">Audenshaw Junction</a> (May 1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheerness-on-Sea_railway_station#Accidents_and_incidents" title="Sheerness-on-Sea railway station">Sheerness-on-Sea</a> (Feb 1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester_General_rail_crash" title="Chester General rail crash">Chester General</a> (May 1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eltham_Well_Hall_rail_crash" title="Eltham Well Hall rail crash">Eltham Well Hall</a> (Jun 1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombings_of_King%27s_Cross_and_Euston_stations" title="Bombings of King's Cross and Euston stations">King's Cross & Euston</a> (Sep 1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ealing_rail_crash" title="Ealing rail crash">Ealing</a> (Dec 1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watford_Junction_railway_station#1975_accident" title="Watford Junction railway station">Watford Junction</a> (Jan 1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moorgate_tube_crash" title="Moorgate tube crash">Moorgate</a> (Feb 1975) <b>‡</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuneaton_rail_crash" title="Nuneaton rail crash">Nuneaton</a> (Jun 1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_Piccadilly_bombing" title="1975 Piccadilly bombing">Green Park</a> (Oct 1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Ham_station_attack" title="West Ham station attack">West Ham</a> (Mar 1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taunton_sleeping_car_fire" title="Taunton sleeping car fire">Taunton</a> (Jul 1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paisley_Gilmour_Street_rail_accident" title="Paisley Gilmour Street rail accident">Paisley Gilmour Street</a> (Apr 1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Invergowrie_rail_accident" title="Invergowrie rail accident">Invergowrie</a> (Oct 1979)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dunmurry_train_bombing" title="Dunmurry train bombing">Dunmurry</a> (Jan 1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bushey_railway_station#Notable_Incidents" title="Bushey railway station">Bushey</a> (Feb 1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bushey_railway_station#Notable_Incidents" title="Bushey railway station">Bushey</a> (Apr 1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holborn_tube_station#Incidents_and_accidents" title="Holborn tube station">Holborn</a> (Jul 1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulleskelf_railway_station#Accidents_and_incidents" title="Ulleskelf railway station">Ulleskelf</a> (Dec 1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seer_Green_rail_crash" title="Seer Green rail crash">Seer Green</a> (Dec 1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wrawby_Junction_rail_crash" title="Wrawby Junction rail crash">Wrawby Junction</a> (Dec 1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rail_accidents_at_Morpeth#1984_derailment" title="Rail accidents at Morpeth">Morpeth</a> (Jun 1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polmont_rail_accident" title="Polmont rail accident">Polmont</a> (Jul 1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wembley_Central_rail_crash" title="Wembley Central rail crash">Wembley Central</a> (Oct 1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxford_Circus_fire" title="Oxford Circus fire">Oxford Circus</a> (Nov 1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Eccles_rail_crash" title="1984 Eccles rail crash">Eccles</a> (Dec 1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Summit_Tunnel_fire" title="Summit Tunnel fire">Summit Tunnel</a> (Dec 1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockington_rail_crash" class="mw-redirect" title="Lockington rail crash">Lockington</a> (Jul 1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colwich_rail_crash" class="mw-redirect" title="Colwich rail crash">Colwich</a> (Sep 1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glanrhyd_Bridge_collapse" title="Glanrhyd Bridge collapse">Glanrhyd Bridge</a> (Oct 1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Cross_fire" title="King's Cross fire">King's Cross</a> (Nov 1987) <b>‡</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clapham_Junction_rail_crash" title="Clapham Junction rail crash">Clapham Junction</a> (Dec 1988) <b>‡</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purley_station_rail_crash" title="Purley station rail crash">Purley</a> (Mar 1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Bellgrove_rail_accident" title="Glasgow Bellgrove rail accident">Glasgow Bellgrove</a> (Mar 1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Ealing_railway_station#Accidents_and_incidents" title="West Ealing railway station">West Ealing</a> (Aug 1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1990_Stafford_rail_crash" title="1990 Stafford rail crash">Stafford</a> (Aug 1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cannon_Street_station_rail_crash" title="Cannon Street station rail crash">Cannon Street</a> (Jan 1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombings_of_Paddington_and_Victoria_stations" title="Bombings of Paddington and Victoria stations">Victoria & Paddington</a> (Feb 1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newton_(South_Lanarkshire)_rail_accident" title="Newton (South Lanarkshire) rail accident">Newton</a> 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station">Largs</a> (Jul 1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Stafford_rail_crash" title="1996 Stafford rail crash">Stafford</a> (Mar 1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watford_rail_crash" title="Watford rail crash">Watford</a> (Aug 1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Channel_Tunnel_fire" title="1996 Channel Tunnel fire">Channel Tunnel</a> (Nov 1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bexley_railway_station#Bexley_derailment" title="Bexley railway station">Bexley</a> (Feb 1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southall_rail_crash" title="Southall rail crash">Southall</a> (Sep 1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spa_Road_Junction_rail_crash" title="Spa Road Junction rail crash">Spa Road Junction</a> (Jan 1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Winsford_railway_accident" title="1999 Winsford railway accident">Winsford</a> (Jun 1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ladbroke_Grove_rail_crash" title="Ladbroke Grove rail crash">Ladbroke Grove</a> (Oct 1999) <b>‡</b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" 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