Harrow & W-stone train disaster 1952

8TH OCTOBER: ON THIS DAY IN 1952, 112 PEOPLE DIE IN BRITIAINS WORST PEACE-TIME TRAIN DISASTER AT HARROW AND WEALDSTONE STATION The scene following a triple train crash at Harrow and Wealdstone station. An express train from Perth struck a local train in the station and then an express going from euston to Liverpool struck the derailed coaches. 100 people were estimated to have died. 06/10/02 : The 50th anniversary of Britain s worst peace-time rail crash was being marked at a memorial service. Survivors and relatives of those who died or were injured in the disaster at Harrow and Wealdstone in west London were attending the special service at Christ Church in Watford, Hertfordshire. Many of the 112 people killed in the crash at 8.19am on October 8, 1952, were Christ Church parishioners and had boarded a train at Watford Junction. On Tuesday - the 50th anniversary of the disaster - a memorial plaque will be unveiled at Harrow and Wealdstone station by the Mayor of Harrow.