Train accident at Wanstead Park

Title

Train accident at Wanstead Park

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

18 Feb 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:03:14

Description

Paul Chapman reports on a rail accident as a passenger train ploughed into the back of a stationary freight train at Wanstead Park station. Eyewitnesses Michael Grant and Ruth Borkett(?) describe the scene. Also comment from Chief Inspector Peter Atkinson from the British Transport Police and Railtrack’s East Anglia Regional Director, Richard Middleton.

Contributors

Paul Chapman; Michael Grant; Ruth Borkett(?); Peter Atkinson; Richard Middleton

Keywords

Railway stations; Trains; Rescue work; Railway accidents; Wanstead Park

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