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Rail Disasters

08 Oct
1952: Many die as three trains crash at Harrow

23 Jan
1955: Express train crashes killing 14

05 Nov
1967: Forty die in Hither Green rail crash

28 Feb
1975: Dozens killed in Moorgate Tube crash

06 Jul
1978: Eleven die in sleeper train inferno

28 Dec
1979: Tay Bridge rail disaster remembered

23 Nov
1984: London tube fire traps hundreds

19 Sep
1986: Two dead in Midlands rail crash

18 Nov
1987: King's Cross station fire 'kills 27'

12 Dec
1988: 35 dead in Clapham rail collision

04 Mar
1989: Six die in Purley rail crash

08 Jan
1991: One dead as train crashes into buffers

19 Sep
1997: Six dead in Southall train disaster

05 Oct
1999: Death toll rising in Paddington crash

18 Sep
2000: Crash survivors attack Railtrack

17 Oct
2000: Four dead in Hatfield rail crash

11 Nov
2000: Skiers die in train tunnel inferno

28 Feb
2001: At least 10 die in Selby rail crash

11 Mar
2004: Many die as bombs destroy Madrid trains

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