Barnes rail crash
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| Date and time: | 2 December 1955 |
| Location: | Barnes |
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| Cause: | signalman error |
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| Trains: | 2 |
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| Deaths: | 13 |
| Injuries: | 41 |
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The Barnes rail crash occurred at Barnes railway station late in the evening of 2 December 1955. 13 people were killed and 41 were injured.
An electric passenger train travelling from Waterloo to Windsor and Chertsey collided with the rear of a freight train at about 35 mph. The wreckage from the passenger train short-circuited the third rail and electrical arcing started a fire in the wooden coach frames; the leading coach of the passenger train was burnt out.
The accident was caused by irregular operation of the block apparatus by the signalman at Barnes Junction.
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