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Ealing rail crash

1973 disasters in the United Kingdom1973 in London20th century in the London Borough of EalingAccidents and incidents involving British RailDecember 1973 events in the United Kingdom
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The Ealing rail crash was an accident on the British railway system that occurred on 19 December 1973. The 17:18 express train from London Paddington to Oxford—with approximately 650 passengers on board—was derailed while travelling at around 70 mph (110 km/h) between Ealing Broadway and West Ealing. Ten passengers were killed and 94 were injured, and it was Britain's deadliest train crash of the decade until the Moorgate tube crash which killed 45. The cause of the accident was an unsecured maintenance door that had fallen open whilst the train was travelling, after having struck several lineside objects, it struck a Point machine at Longfield Avenue, derailing the entire train.

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Ealing rail crash
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W5 2AE London (London Borough of Ealing)
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