At Moorgate station a southbound tube train from Drayton Park failed to stop on a terminus platform, ran into the tunnel, through the buffers and smashed into the wall at the end. Because it was built for mainline trains the tunnel was large enough to allow the carriages to ride up over each other. This was on a Friday at 08.46 so the train was packed with commuters. 43 died and about 80 were injured.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Moorgate tube disaster
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Moorgate tube disaster - Finsbury Square
The motivating force behind this memorial, the first to the tragedy, erected ...
Moorgate tube disaster - Moorgate
Our page for the monument in nearby Finsbury Square lists the 43 people.
Other Subjects
Andrew - cyclist
It's not really clear that the date given is Andrew's date of death, it might be the date the ghost bike was erected.
1 memorial
Bdsm. George James Mesure
Born Redruth, Cornwall. He died aged 19 years, killed by the IRA Regent's Park bomb.
1 memorial
Driver Lauchlan
Royal Engineer killed by an exploding bomb while assisting in the attempt to disarm it. Andrew Behan has kindly carried out some research on this man: John M Lauchlan was born about 1920 the son o...
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Shaheed Minar martyrs
Those killed during the Bengali Language Movement demonstrations in 1952. At this time Bangladesh was part of Eastern Pakistan and the rulers of Pakistan were seeking to impose Urdu on the Bengalis...
1 memorial
1 memorial
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