The Nuneaton rail crash occurred on 6 June 1975, on the West Coast Main Linejust south of Nuneaton Trent Valley Station.


The train crash happened when the 23:30 sleeper from London Euston to Glasgow derailed after entering a  temporary speed restriction at too high a speed. Six people (four passengers and two staff) died and 38 were injured. In the subsequent inquiry, theaccident was deemed to have been caused by driver error, partially due to the failure of lineside equipment warning of the speed restriction.

REMEMBER

Miss Susan Connell , Mr Michael Allan , Mr William Forrest , Mr Henry Chalmers , 
Mr Bruce Johnston , Mr Abdul Vakil who lost their life in the crash


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