Kentish Town rail accident

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Kentish Town rail accident
The fearful accident on the North London Railway (BM 1927,1126.1.23.9).jpg
Drawing of the accident
Details
Date2 September 1861
Location Kentish Town station
CountryEngland
Line Hampstead Junction Railway
CauseSignalling error
Statistics
Trains2
Deaths16
Injured317 (20 seriously)
List of UK rail accidents by year

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]

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References

  1. Yolland, Col W. (1861). Board of Trade Report (PDF). HMSO.
  2. Neele, George P. (1904). Railway Reminiscences. McCorquodale & Co. Ltd. p.  94.

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