On 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 90 people and injuring 173. An electric train to Hayes had stopped at a signal under the bridge, and the following steam train to Ramsgate crashed into it, destroying a carriage and causing the bridge to collapse onto the steam train. The bridge had to be completely removed; it was over a week before the lines under the bridge were reopened, and another month before the bridge was rebuilt and traffic allowed over it.
Der Eisenbahnunfall von Lewisham war ein Auffahrunfall beim Bahnhof Lewisham im gleichnamigen Londoner Stadtteil, bei dem am 4. Dezember 1957 auch eine Brücke zerstört wurde, die auf den Zug stürzte. 90 Tote und 173 Verletzte waren die Folge.
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