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Report on the Collision which occurred on 6th August, 1949, at Euston Station in the London Midland Region British Railways

Document Summary

The report on the collision between an empty stock working and a passenger train at Euston in 1949.

This document was published on 11th November 1949 by Ministry of Transport.

It was written by Col. R. J. Walker.

This item is linked to the Accident at Euston on 6th August 1949

The original document format was Stapled Book, and comprised 7 pages.

This document was kindly sourced from Stuart Johnson and is in our Accident reports collection. It was added to the Archive on 19th November 2006.

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"When the empty stock of the 8.30 a.m. Express Passenger train to Liverpool was being propelled into the station, it was wrongly routed into No. 13 instead of No. 12 platform, and collided at about 5 m.p.h. with the stock of the 8.37 a.m. Express Passenger train to Manchester which was standing in the platform, loading passengers and baggage at the time. Twenty-five passengers and nine of the Railway and Hotels Executives staff were injured and treated in hospital, but only two were detained: in addition, 10 passengers, who were slightly injured, received first aid on the spot and afterwards continued their journey.

First aid to the injured was rendered promptly and efficiently, and the first ambulance arrived at 8.37 a.m., followed by others within a few minutes. A call for doctors over the loud speaker installation of the station resulted in an immediate response by several, in addition to a lady doctor who was on the scene at the time. Early attention was thus available for those who had received the more serious injuries."

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