Erection date: 8/4/2016
{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.
E15, Stratford Station, Upper Level
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Stratford Underground crash
The accident, caused by driver error after a signal failure, occurred on the ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Stratford Underground crash
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