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| Grantham rail accident | |
|---|---|
 Only the rearmost three carriages remained on the track | |
| Details | |
| Date | 19 September 1906 23:04 |
| Location | Grantham, Lincolnshire |
| Coordinates | 52°54′35″N 0°38′48″W / 52.9097°N 0.6467°W |
| Country | England |
| Line | East Coast Main Line |
| Cause | Driver's error |
| Statistics | |
| Trains | 1 |
| Deaths | 14 |
| Injured | 17 |
| List of UK rail accidents by year | |
The Grantham rail accident occurred on 19 September 1906. An evening Sleeping-Car and Mail train of the Great Northern Railway, running from London Kings Cross to Edinburgh Waverley hauled by Ivatt 'Atlantic' No 276 derailed, killing 14. The accident was never explained; the train ran through Grantham station, where it was scheduled to stop, and derailed on a set of points on a sharp curve at the end of the platform, which at the time had been set for a freight train. No reason was ever established as to why the train did not stop as scheduled, or obey the Caution and Danger signals.