A great North Eastern Railway Intercity 225 train bound for Leeds left London King's Cross station at 12.10. It was travelling along the East Coast main line when at 12.23 it derailed south of Hatfield Station.
Four passengers were killed and a further 33 were injured.
It was found that a rail had fragmented causing 'rolling contact fatigue'.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Hatfield rail crash
The photo with the candles was published in the Welwyn and Hatfield Times, re...
Michael Anthony Keegan was born in August 1937. He died, aged 50 years, on 18 November 1987 in the King's Cross Underground Station fire. In the subsequent fire investigation report he was describe...
James Stuart Nicholas Mayes was born on 16 April 1977 the younger of the two children of Bernard J. Mayes and Rosemary S. Mayes née Rampton. His birth was registered in the Hampstead registration d...
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