Grayrigg

Grayrigg

Grayrigg is a small English village situated 5 miles from the Cumbrian town of Kendal. Its postcode region is LA8.

Railway incidents

* On 18 May 1947, a 13-carriage Glasgow to London express failed to stop at the signals for Lambrigg Crossing and collided with a locomotive with 33 people injured, three seriously. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/6404015.stm "Grayrigg saw crash 60 years ago"] , BBC News, 1 March 2007]

* On 23 February 2007, Lambrigg Crossovers, south of Grayrigg was the site of a fatal derailment involving a Virgin Trains service from London Euston to Glasgow Central. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6398057.stm "Rail crash report blames points"] , BBC News, 26 February 2007]

References

ee also

* Grayrigg Forest


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