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    the evening of 4 December 1957, two trains crashed in dense fog on the South Eastern Main Line near Lewisham in south-east London, causing the deaths of...
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    Lewisham is an interchange station in Lewisham, south-east London. It provides Docklands Light Railway (DLR) and National Rail services. On the National...
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  • Wealdstone rail crash, which killed 112 people and injured 340. The death toll from the 1957 Lewisham rail crash was 90; for the 1889 Armagh rail disaster...
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    Camp Mountain rail accident 1952 Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash 1957 Lewisham rail crash 1962 Rail accidents in Winsford 1970 Benavídez rail disaster 1972...
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    life. Lewisham rail crash (United Kingdom) Eschede train disaster (Germany) Railway accidents in New South Wales Lists of rail accidents "The rail disaster...
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  • On 28 June 1857, two trains collided just east of Lewisham railway station in London, killing 11 and injuring 30 more. The 14-carriage 9:15pm from Strood...
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    Sydney, named after Lewisham Lewisham Station Battle of Lewisham Lewisham Rail Crash Mayor of London (February 2008). "London Plan (Consolidated with...
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    The Selby rail crash (also known as the Great Heck rail crash) was a railway accident that occurred on 28 February 2001 near Great Heck, Selby, North...
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    (concessionnaires): City Greenwich Lewisham (CGL) Rail, City Airport Rail Enterprises (CARE), and Woolwich Arsenal Rail Enterprises (WARE). In 2011, Transport...
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  • the river Drammenselva from Drammen to Randsfjorden. June 28 - The Lewisham rail crash (1857) in England kills 11 people. June 29 – The Cape Town Railway...
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    network controllers, or a collision occurs, as in the Ladbroke Grove rail crash. The causes and prevention of SPADs is actively researched. Causes of...
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  • United Kingdom – Lewisham rail crash: A steam train passes a red signal in the fog and ploughs into the back of an electric train. The crash also destroys...
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    Tourist Second Open S4378, which was written off as a result of the Lewisham rail crash in 1957. Only the one example was built due to the cost, making this...
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  • – United Kingdom – 1857 Lewisham rail crash: A South Eastern Railway passenger train runs into the rear of another at Lewisham, Kent due to an error by...
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    The Quintinshill rail disaster was a multi-train rail crash which occurred on 22 May 1915 outside the Quintinshill signal box near Gretna Green in Dumfriesshire...
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  • 1957 Aquila Airways Solent crash: A flying boat crash on the Isle of Wight kills 45. 4 December – The Lewisham rail crash kills 90 and injures 173. 10...
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    driver visibility was mentioned in the report on the disastrous Lewisham rail crash on 4 December 1957 outside St John's railway station, in which 90...
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  • The Southall rail crash occurred on 19 September 1997, on the Great Western Main Line at Southall, West London. An InterCity 125 high speed passenger train...
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    The Clapham Junction rail crash occurred on the morning of 12 December 1988, when a crowded British Rail passenger train crashed into the rear of another...
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    The Ufton Nervet rail crash occurred on 6 November 2004 when a passenger train collided with a stationary car on a level crossing on the Reading–Taunton...
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    The Hatfield rail crash was a railway accident on 17 October 2000, at Hatfield, Hertfordshire. It was caused by a metal fatigue-induced derailment, killing...
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    The Ladbroke Grove rail crash (also known as the Paddington rail crash) was a rail accident which occurred on 5 October 1999 at Ladbroke Grove in London...
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  • this plan. Two serious crashes, the Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash in 1952 (in which 112 people died) and the Lewisham rail crash in 1957 (in which 90...
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    Hither Green (category Districts of the London Borough of Lewisham)
    the 1967 Hither Green rail crash, in which 49 people were killed. Hither Green acquired its name as it was closer to Lewisham than Further Green located...
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    "Three Rail Workers' Bail Extended". BBC News Online. 26 March 2008. "No Charges over Fatal Rail Crash". BBC News Online. 9 February 2009. "Crash Leads...
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    The Polmont rail accident, also known as the Polmont rail disaster, occurred on 30 July 1984 to the west of Polmont, near Falkirk, in Scotland. A westbound...
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    The Cowden rail crash occurred on 15 October 1994, near Cowden Station in Kent (UK), when two trains collided head-on, killing five and injuring 13, after...
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  • The Nocton rail crash was a rail accident that happened on 28 February 2002 near Nocton, Lincolnshire, England, after a vehicle smashed through a wall...
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    The Staplehurst rail crash was a derailment at Staplehurst, Kent, on 9 June 1865 at 3:13 pm. The South Eastern Railway Folkestone to London boat train...
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  • of the train driver who drove into a stationary train in the 1957 Lewisham rail crash, and the 1959 defence of Guenther Podola, a seasoned criminal, who...
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