The Moorgate tube crash occurred on Friday 28 February 1975 at 08:46 on the Northern Line (Highbury Branch). A southbound train failed to stop at the Moorgate terminus and crashed into the wall at end of the tunnel. Forty-three people died as a result of the crash and a further seventy-four were injured. Our Picture Shows: A coffin is brought out of Moorgate Station after one of the 43 bodies are recovered from the wreckage of the crashed tube train

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28 February 1975

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