Stafford rail crash
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There have been two rail crashes at Stafford
in recent times:
A few miles away, there was the Hixon rail crash
on 6 January 1968.
Stafford
Stafford is the county town of Staffordshire, in the West Midlands region of England. It lies approximately north of Wolverhampton and south of Stoke-on-Trent, adjacent to the M6 motorway Junction 13 to Junction 14...
in recent times:
- 8 March 1996Stafford rail crash (1996)On 8 March 1996, a Travelling Post Office mail train hauled by a Rail Express Systems British Rail Class 86 electric locomotive collided with the rear of a freight train at Rickerscote just south of Stafford...
- August 1990Stafford rail crash (1990)The train crash at Stafford on 4 August 1990, resulted in the death of a train driver and injuries to 36 people.The 23:36 empty coaching stock train from Stoke-on-Trent to Birmingham Soho Depot ran into the rear of the 22:18 express passenger train from Manchester Piccadilly to Penzance, which was...
A few miles away, there was the Hixon rail crash
Hixon rail crash
The Hixon rail crash occurred on 6 January 1968 when a low-loader transporter carrying a 120-ton electrical transformer was struck by an express train on a recently installed automatic level crossing at Hixon, Staffordshire in England.-Background:...
on 6 January 1968.