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List of London Underground accidents information


The London Underground network carries more than a billion passengers a year.[1] It has one fatal accident for every 300 million journeys.[2] Five accidents causing passenger deaths have occurred due to train operation in nearly 80 years since the London Passenger Transport Board was formed, the last being at Moorgate in 1975; other fatalities have been due to wartime and terrorist bombings and station fires. 

  1. ^ "London Underground racks up record ridership figures". Transport for London. 19 April 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  2. ^ "The parlous state of the London Underground". The Economist. 23 October 2003. Retrieved 5 June 2008.

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