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Report on the Collision that occurred on 12th November 1970 at Bexley Station in the Southern Region British Railways

Document Summary

The report on the collision between a freight train and a passenger train at Bexley in 1970.

This document was published on 26th October 1971 by Department of the Environment.

It was written by Lieut. Col. A. G. Townsend-Rose.

This item is linked to the Accident at Bexley on 12th November 1970

The original document format was Stapled Book, and comprised 9 pages.

This document was kindly sourced from Stuart Johnson and is in our Accident reports collection. It was added to the Archive on 12th May 2007.

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"On a clear dry evening the 20.22 Class 5 Hither Green Sidings to Maidstone West goods train consisting of 44 loaded wagons and a brake van hauled by an electro-diesel locomotive, passed at Danger a colour light signal on the approach to Bexley Station and collided at between 10 and 15 m.p.h. with the rear of the 21.03 Charing Cross to Dartford electric multiple-unit train which was stationary. The impact was a light one, and although the passenger train was driven forward some 40 feet there were no casualties to passengers and no significant damage to either train, or to the track."

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