July 26 – The
Lockington rail crash at
Lockington,
Humberside, England occurs when a van is struck on a level crossing. Eight passengers on the train, and a boy of 11 in the van, lose their lives.
September 19 – Two
high speed trains collide near
Rugeley, Staffordshire, England, in the
Colwich rail crash; the driver of one of the two trains was the only fatality of this accident.
October 31 – Closure of the "Corkickle Brake" serving a chemical works at
Whitehaven, Cumbria, the last commercially operated
standard gaugecable railway in the United Kingdom.[7]
July 26 – The
Lockington rail crash at
Lockington,
Humberside, England occurs when a van is struck on a level crossing. Eight passengers on the train, and a boy of 11 in the van, lose their lives.
September 19 – Two
high speed trains collide near
Rugeley, Staffordshire, England, in the
Colwich rail crash; the driver of one of the two trains was the only fatality of this accident.
October 31 – Closure of the "Corkickle Brake" serving a chemical works at
Whitehaven, Cumbria, the last commercially operated
standard gaugecable railway in the United Kingdom.[7]