DERAILMENT AT CONNINGTON

An express passenger train formed of 11 bogie vehicles, approached Connington South on the down main line at about 75 mile/h, and when passing over the facing connection to the down goods line, the rear five vehicles became derailed and the train divided between the seventh and eighth coaches. This derailment was caused by the movement of a pair of facing points under the train. The points could only have been opened as a result of deliberate irregular actions on the part of the signalman, who was solely responsible for the derailment.

• Corporate Authors:

  Temple Press Limited

  161-166 Fleet Street
  Longon EC4,   England 
• Publication Date: 1969-9-5

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 675
• Serial:
  • RAILWAY GAZETTE
  • Volume: 125
  • Issue Number: 17

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Derailments; Fatalities; Injuries; Passenger trains; Passengers; Personnel; Railroad trains; Signaling; Technology; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Switches
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Old TRIS Terms: Passenger deaths; Passenger injuries
• Subject Areas: Passenger Transportation; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; Society; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00037451
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 13 1973 12:00AM