At 8.46am on Friday February 28 1975, a packed rush-hour tube train crashed into a dead-end tunnel. The driver, Les Newson, was killed instantly and 42 passengers also lost their lives. The front ...

The Moorgate disaster happened 50 years ago on the London Underground (Picture: PA) One of Britain’s worst transport disasters struck deep underground at the London Moorgate station – but 50 ...

Commemorations have taken place to mark 50 years since the Moorgate Tube crash which killed 43 people and injured 74. The London Fire Brigade (LFB) joined Transport for London (TfL), emergency ...

It's half a century since one of London's worst rail tragedies. On 28 February 1975, a London Underground train sped into Moorgate station during the height of the morning rush hour. It did not ...

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