Express trains crash in Staffordshire

Title

Express trains crash in Staffordshire

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

20 Sep 1986

Year of production

1986

Play audio

To listen to the audio files, please log in.

Duration

00:04:04

Description

Report from the scene of the collision of two express trains in Staffordshire. Includes British Rail manager Cyril Gleesdale on the causes of the accident and the survival of the two drivers who jumped from one cab; eyewitness accounts from passengers Joseph Rice, Nicola Bowen and Alan Cope at Staffordshire General Hospital. (Scottish) male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Cyril Gleesdale; Joseph Rice; Nicola Bowen; Alan Cope

Keywords

Deaths; Injuries; Trains; Railway accidents; Search and rescue operations; Train drivers; Staffordshire; Staffordshire General Hospital

The copyright of audio recordings in the LBC / IRN Digitisation Archive is owned by Global Radio UK Ltd.