According to the National Archives, there were 300 passengers on the train and it accelerated rather than slowed as it entered Moorgate station. The front three coaches “telescoped” into each ...

On 28 February 1975, a London Underground train sped into Moorgate station during the height of the morning rush hour. It did not stop at the platform, but carried on without slowing. Moments ...

50 years ago 43 people were killed, and 74 injured, after a packed rush-hour tube train smashed into a dead-end tunnel at Moorgate station. It's an event that has both a personal and professional ...

The disaster is considered to be the worst peacetime loss of life on the London Underground when a Northern City line train failed to stop at Moorgate Tube station and crashed into a dead end.