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1973 rail accident in west London
Ealing rail crash
Details
Date
19 December 1973
Location
Ealing, London
Country
United Kingdom
Line
Great Western Main Line
Operator
British Rail
Cause
unlocked battery box
Statistics
Trains
1
Passengers
approx 650
Deaths
10
Injured
94
Location within Greater London
List of UK rail accidents by year
The Ealing rail crash was an accident on the British railway system that occurred on 19 December 1973. The 17:18 express train from London Paddington to Oxford—with approximately 650 passengers on board—was derailed while travelling at around 70 mph (110 km/h) between Ealing Broadway and West Ealing. Ten passengers were killed and 94 were injured, and it was Britain's deadliest train crash of the decade until the Moorgate tube crash which killed 45. The cause of the accident was an unsecured maintenance door that had fallen open whilst the train was travelling, after having struck several lineside objects, it struck a Point machine at Longfield Avenue, derailing the entire train.
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