1995 Ais Gill rail accident

The 1995 Ais Gill rail accident occurred near Aisgill, Cumbria, UK, at about 18:55 on 31 January 1995, when a class 156 Super-Sprinter was derailed by a landslide on the Settle-Carlisle Railway line, and was subsequently run into by a similar train travelling in the opposite direction. The guard of the first train was fatally injured in the collision.

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