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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.
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
.
References
See also
Grayrigg Forest
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