Hall Road rail accident
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| Date | 27 July 1905 |
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| Time | 16:37 |
| Location | Hall Road railway station |
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Country | England |
| Rail line | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
| Cause | Rear end collision |
| Statistics | |
| Trains | 2 |
| Deaths | 20 |
| Injuries | 48 |
| List of UK rail accidents by year | |
The Hall Road rail accident occurred at 16:37 on 27 July 1905 at Hall Road station between Bootle and Formby north of Liverpool, operated at the time by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. The 16:30 Liverpool Exchange to Southport express collided with a local train which had departed Liverpool ten minutes earlier, and which was to be turned round at Hall Road. The local train had been shunted into a siding to allow the express to pass; there is doubt whether the points had been closed afterwards, or if the express had jumped the points. Either way the express struck the rear of the local train, killing 20 people. Both drivers survived, having jumped clear prior to the impact.
Sources
External links
- Eyewitness accounts
- Official Report Railway Archive, accessed 28 July 2012
