| Lincoln rail crash | |
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| Details | |
| Date | 3 June 1962 00:49 |
| Location | Lincoln Central railway station,Lincolnshire |
| Coordinates | 53°13′29″N0°32′05″W / 53.2247°N 0.5347°W /53.2247; -0.5347 |
| Country | England |
| Line | Doncaster to Lincoln Line |
| Cause | Overspeed on curve |
| Statistics | |
| Trains | 1 |
| Deaths | 3 |
| Injured | 7 |
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TheLincoln rail crash occurred on 3 June 1962, when the 22:15sleeping car express train fromKing's Cross toEdinburgh derailed on a sharp curve just a short distance east ofLincoln Central railway station. Two passengers and a sleeping car attendant were killed and seven people were seriously injured.
The train had been diverted from its usual route because of engineering work on theEast Coast Main Line. A conductor driver had taken the controls of the locomotive, anEnglish Electric Type 4, because the regular driver did not know the diversionary route.
The conductor driver was not qualified to drivediesel locomotives, but he had done so occasionally before. It was thought that he was used to driving without aspeedometer and so had misjudged his speed on the approach to Lincoln, entering a 15 mph curve at around 55 mph. The driver had also evidently been inattentive because the homesignal near the curve was not cleared until the train was almost at it, yet it passed the signal at around 60 mph.
Most of the coaches were derailed although the locomotive was not; the latter coming to a stand in the middle of Lincoln Central station.
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‡ indicates railway accidents and incidents resulting in at least 20 fatalities § indicates the deadliest railway accident in British history 1815–1899   2000–present | |