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 ...

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.

the Northern Line train was carrying 300 passengers when it overran the Moorgate station. The sand drags intended to slow trains down had nothing on the huge train travelling at more than 35mph ...

On a cold and wintry morning in 1975, a packed rush-hour Tube train smashed into a dead-end tunnel at Moorgate station. The front carriage was forced upwards into the tunnel roof, instantly ...