Glasgow train accidents
Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 6:43 pm
Reading a timeline on the BBC just now which lists fatal accidents in the past 60 years. I remember reading about the train disaster at St Enoch's in another thread (possibly the one about the station itself) but I wasn't aware of most of the ones mentioned on the timeline. With so many people interested in the railways here I thought it might be an interesting topic? Some of the ones listed below aren't in Glasgow itself, but nearby.
August 1973: Five were killed and 50 hurt when an electric train hit a diesel train near Glasgow Central Station.
April 1979: A collision between two trains near Paisley left seven people dead and 67 hurt.
October 1979: Five people died and 52 were hurt when two passenger trains collided at Invergowrie.
July 1984: Thirteen people were killed and 44 hurt in a derailment in Falkirk.
6 March 1989: Two suburban electric trains in Glasgow collided head-on on a single track and two people died.
21 July 1991: Four people died and 22 were hurt as two trains collided head on at Newton station, near Glasgow.
June 1994: Two people died after a train travelling from Wemyss Bay to Glasgow derailed when vandals put concrete blocks on the tracks near Drumfrochar railway station.
August 1973: Five were killed and 50 hurt when an electric train hit a diesel train near Glasgow Central Station.
April 1979: A collision between two trains near Paisley left seven people dead and 67 hurt.
October 1979: Five people died and 52 were hurt when two passenger trains collided at Invergowrie.
July 1984: Thirteen people were killed and 44 hurt in a derailment in Falkirk.
6 March 1989: Two suburban electric trains in Glasgow collided head-on on a single track and two people died.
21 July 1991: Four people died and 22 were hurt as two trains collided head on at Newton station, near Glasgow.
June 1994: Two people died after a train travelling from Wemyss Bay to Glasgow derailed when vandals put concrete blocks on the tracks near Drumfrochar railway station.