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Cowden rail crash

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27: 93: 287:. The signal was meant to be held at danger for 2E27 to await the passage of the 08:04 Oxted-Uckfield DEMU down train 2E24, consisting of Class 205 three-car units 205029 and 205032, crewed by driver David Rees and guard R. Boyd. It had just departed Cowden station, already located within the single-line section between Ashurst and Hever. Because of a lack of communication with the train crews, the Oxted signalman was unable to prevent the ensuing collision. 1984: 1979: 266: 351: 310:
It was noted that the Oxted signalman, who was aware of the situation, had no direct means of alerting either driver. He attempted to contact the driver of the down train on the signal post telephone, but to no avail (presumably the driver never heard it above the noise of the engine immediately
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stock, based on the BR Mk1 design, led to overriding of one carriage by the next. The weight of the diesel engines above the frames of the coach probably did not help. These trains, unpopular with users of the line because of their age, were replaced in 2004 by
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The lead car of 2E27 was telescoped by the lead car of 2E24. Both drivers, along with guard Brett-Andrews and two passengers, Raymond and Maura Pointer, were killed. The cabs were so badly damaged that it was impossible to determine who had been driving 2E27.
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and via the local press that the line's rationalisation - the reduction to single line sections - could lead to such an event. They continue to campaign for the re-doubling of the route and its development within their BML2 project.
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three-car units 205018 and 205001, was crewed by driver Brian Barton and guard Jonathan Brett-Andrews. Brett-Andrews, who had ambitions to become a driver, was in the driver's cab at the time of the collision; this was in breach of
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behind him). The signalman did alert the emergency services to the collision while the trains were still one mile apart. The reason for cancelling the contract to fit
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Depot Test Magnet - A permanent magnet, used to test the operation of a train's AWS equipment, may be provided at the exit of certain maintenance depots.
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may have been inoperative (though the official report considers this unlikely), the signal was dirty and the light intensity was low, and there were no
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to prevent a train wrongly entering a section against the signal. However the official report blamed the driver of the northbound train, Brian Barton.
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TPWS is provided: on passenger lines, at all main running signals capable of showing a stop aspect ... which protect crossing or converging movements
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The Wealden Line Campaign, which lobbies for service improvements and extensions to the Uckfield line, had previously predicted in its newsletter
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The crash was exacerbated by the age and design of the multiple units involved. The separate-chassis construction of the elderly
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section. The cause was driver error, possibly involving a guard who was in the cab against regulations.
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at about 08:25 and entered a single-track section of line at danger, which ran from Ashurst to
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indicates railway accidents and incidents resulting in at least 20 fatalities
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to this line prior to the incident, as mandated in the wake of the previous
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There were several other contributory factors; it was conjectured that the
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was installed at the entrance to single lines and other conflict points.
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A plaque on the station buildings at Cowden commemorates the crash.
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indicates the deadliest railway accident in British history
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Hidden Dangers: Railway Safety in the Era of Privatisation
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were introduced to protect the entrance to single lines
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Cowden railway station
Kent
Oxted Line
Network SouthCentral
SPAD
List of UK rail accidents by year
Cowden Station
Kent
passed a signal at danger
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Uckfield
Oxted
DEMU
Class 205
the operating rules

Trainz
Ashurst
Hever station
AWS
trap points
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Clapham disaster and Hidden report recommendations

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