Shipton-on-Cherwell train crash
The Shipton-on-Cherwell train crash was a major disaster which occurred on the Great Western Railway. It involved the derailment of a long passenger train at Shipton-on-Cherwell, near Kidlington, Oxfordshire, England, on Christmas Eve, 24 December 1874, and was one of the worst disasters on the Great Western Railway. Colonel William Yolland of the Railway Inspectorate led the investigation and chaired the subsequent Court of Enquiry of the Board of Trade. Its report highlighted several safety problems, including wheel design, braking, and communications along trains. The accident came in a decade which saw many terrible accidents on the rail network, and which culminated in the Tay Rail Bridge disaster of 1879.
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Jerome Way, Cherwell District Shipton-on-Cherwell and Thrupp
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N 51.8475 ° | E -1.2991666666667 ° |
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Jerome Way
Jerome Way
OX5 1JT Cherwell District, Shipton-on-Cherwell and Thrupp
England, United Kingdom
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