Barnes rail crash
| Barnes rail crash | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Details | |||
| Date | 2 December 1955 23:28 | ||
| Location | Barnes railway station, London | ||
| Country | England | ||
| Line | Waterloo to Reading line | ||
| Operator | British Railways | ||
| Service | Passenger train and freight train | ||
| Incident type | Collision | ||
| Cause | Signalling error | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Trains | 2 | ||
| Passengers | ~35 | ||
| Deaths | 13 | ||
| Injured | 41 | ||
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The Barnes rail crash, in which 13 people were killed and 41 were injured, occurred at Barnes railway station late in the evening of Friday 2 December 1955.