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Bere Ferrers rail accident
Bere Ferrers railway station ca. 1918
Details
Date24 September 1917
LocationBere Ferrers railway station
Coordinates50°27′04″N 4°10′53″W / 50.45109°N 4.18141°W / 50.45109; -4.18141
CountryEngland
CausePassengers' misunderstanding of operating rules
Statistics
Deaths10
Injured2

The Bere Ferrers rail accident occurred at Bere Ferrers railway station in England on 24 September 1917 when ten soldiers from New Zealand alighted from their troop train on the wrong side of the train, having assumed they should leave by the same side they had entered, and were struck and killed by an oncoming express.

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