Monument

Stratford Underground crash

Erection date: 8/4/2016

Inscription

{Above the London Transport logo:}
In remembrance of the twelve people killed in the collision between two Central Line trains adjacent to Stratford Station on the 8th April 1953.

Site: Stratford Underground crash (1 memorial)

E15, Stratford Station, Upper Level

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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