Abbots Ripton rail accident
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The Abbots Ripton rail disaster occurred on 21 January 1876 at Abbots Ripton, then in the county of Huntingdonshire, England, on the Great Northern Railway main line, previously thought to be exemplary for railway safety. In the accident, the Special Scotch Express train from Edinburgh to London was involved in a collision, during a blizzard, with a coal train. An express travelling in the other direction then ran into the wreckage. The initial accident was caused by: The accident (and the subsequent inquiry into it) led to fundamental changes in British railway signalling practice.
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Site of the former Abbots Ripton station, near where the disaster occurred
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The Abbots Ripton rail disaster occurred on 21 January 1876 at Abbots Ripton, then in the county of Huntingdonshire, England, on the Great Northern Railway main line, previously thought to be exemplary for railway safety. In the accident, the Special Scotch Express train from Edinburgh to London was involved in a collision, during a blizzard, with a coal train. An express travelling in the other direction then ran into the wreckage. The initial accident was caused by:
* over-reliance on signals and block working as allowing high-speed running even in adverse conditions
* systematic signal failure in the adverse conditions of that day due to a vulnerability to accumulation of snow and ice The accident (and the subsequent inquiry into it) led to fundamental changes in British railway signalling practice.
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