Bourne End rail crash (Q4950234)

matcher place: Dacorum (relation 2683586)
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English Wikipedia categories: 1945 disasters in the United Kingdom, 1945 in England, 20th century in Hertfordshire, Accidents and incidents involving London, Midland and Scottish Railway, Dacorum, Derailments in England, Hemel Hempstead, History of Hertfordshire, Rail accidents caused by a driver's error, Railway accidents and incidents in Hertfordshire, Railway accidents in 1945, September 1945 events in the United Kingdom

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The Bourne End rail crash occurred on 30 September 1945 when a sleeper train from Perth to London Euston derailed, killing 43. The cause was driver error, possibly compounded by ambiguous signalling regulations.

Wikidata location: 51.7504, -0.5249 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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