An Accident Waiting to Happen

Stories in Sound

John Bennett investigates the story of the 1945 Ballymacarrett railway disaster and learns how a series of errors and poor decisions led to the worst accident on Ireland’s railways since 1889.

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30 minutes

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Thu 3 Mar 201619:30

BBC Radio Ulster

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1. Mark Kennedy explains how economies made by the Belfast and Co. Down Railway in the 1920s contributed to the crash
Duration: 03:02
2. Neil Hamilton describes the type of railway carriages used by the Belfast and Co. Down Railway
Duration: 02:43
3. Neil Hamilton describes the second train in the crash, the push - pull "Motor Train"
Duration: 03:44
4. Georgina McKeown talks to John Bennett about her journey on the ill-fated 07.10 train from Bangor
Duration: 02:41

Sun 28 Feb 201612:30
BBC Radio Ulster & BBC Radio Foyle
Thu 3 Mar 201619:30
BBC Radio Ulster

You can read the official report into the accident here(www.railwaysarchive.co.uk)