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Stevenage railway station serves the town of Stevenage in Hertfordshire, England. The station is around 27.6 miles (44.4 km) north of London King's Cross on the East Coast Main Line . The station lies just to the north of Langley junction, a grade separated junction where the Hertford Loop Line diverges from the East Coast Main Line; the two ...
English: Stevenage railway station, Hertfordshire Opened in 1973 by British Rail on its line from London to Peterborough, this station replaced an earlier one about a mile to the north, as this one is closer to the 'new' town. View north towards Hitchin and Peterborough, shortly after the new platform 5 had been built, far left.
Two of the firefighters who attended from the nearby fire station were killed. [6] A resident on the 15th floor, the floor above the origin of the fire, told reporters that firefighters had told them to "stay put" but they chose to escape: "A fireman told us to stay in the flat. We went back inside but no one came to us. We got out after an hour.
Work to fix the wires at Stevenage, Hertfordshire will take place on Saturday night, National Rail Enquiries said. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 ...
Slough rail accident: Express passed signal at danger and collided with local train standing in station. 1 October 1900: 1 2 Virginia Water, Surrey. Signalman forgot that passenger train was on the up platform and allowed a horse box train into the station resulting in a collision. [105] 7 October 1900: 0 51 Twickenham.
A History of Railroad Accidents, Safety Precautions and Operating Practices. LCCN 78104064. Semmens, Peter (1994). Railway Disasters of the World: Principal Passenger Train Accidents of the 20th Century. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-323-2. Trevena, Arthur (1981). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 2. Redruth: Atlantic Books. ISBN 0-906899-03-6.
The rail-over-rail bridge being dismantled December 4 – 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 a support column of a railway bridge, causing parts of the bridge to collapse onto the wreck; fortunately, a train approaching the ...
December 10 – United Kingdom – Castlecary rail accident: A London and North Eastern Railway Edinburgh-Glasgow commuter express, travelling 70 mph (110 km/h) in white-out conditions, passes a danger signal and rear-ends a local train standing in the station; 35 are killed and 179 injured, most seriously. The local had been running late.