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In 1858, a coupling broke on an excursion train at the station and the rear portion rolled back down the gradient from Round Oak railway station towards Brettell Lane where it collided with another train (which was actually part of the same excursion, the train already having been safely divided once due to its extreme length) 14 passengers were killed and 50 more injured.
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The road then meets the M54 at Junction 1 and passes Featherstone and Shareshill. Then it meets the A462 and M6 at Junction 11. This is where it makes the primary road for people travelling northeast and southwest between the two motorways. A460 at Junction 11 of the M6. At Junction 11, the road heads towards Cannock as Wolverhampton
Ninety-four people were killed, of whom 44 were children on a holiday outing. After the accident, barrier-dependent train signalling was introduced on the DR network. July 31 – United Kingdom – Thirsk rail crash, an express train from King's Cross to Edinburgh collided with the wreckage of a derailed freight train. Seven were killed and 45 ...
The Round Oak railway accident happened on 23 August 1858 between Brettell Lane and Round Oak railway stations, on the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway.The breakage of a defective coupling caused seventeen coaches and one brake van, containing about 450 passengers, of an excursion train to run backwards down the steep gradient between the stations, colliding with a following second ...
There are also direct regular bus services to West Bromwich, Wolverhampton, Oldbury, Blackheath, Harborne, Birmingham University and Dudley. [47] Dudley Road corridor buses provide a bus link to the nearby City Hospital in Winson Green. Smethwick has three operational railway stations providing regular local and some long-distance services.
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It is located to the north of Wolverhampton and south of Featherstone. [4] It lies on the A460 road and to the south of Junction 1 of the M54 motorway . Amenities