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| Irvin Butler Earnest Clements Percy Geary Robert Montgomery |
On Friday 13 October 1939 two express trains collided at Bletchley station. The first, the 07:37 Euston-Inverness express (running a few minutes late) was stopped at the station and a shunter was in the process of adding an additional coach to the rear of the train. At 08:44 a second express, the 07:50 Euston to Stranraer service (which was running three minutes early) came into Bletchley on the same line.
The force of the collison was such that rolling stock was forced up and onto the platform demolishing the waiting and refreshment rooms. The driver of the shunter, a postman a porter and an RAF serviceman were killed and a further 40 people injured.
War between Britain and Germany had been declared six weeks earlier following the Nazi invasion of Poland, and the railways had been heavily involved in the evacuation of children from the cities in early September. Blackout conditions were presumably in force at this time but this incident occurred in daylight and there appears to be no suggestion that the state of war was a factor in the crash.
Anyone interested in reading more on what occurred on this day and the aftermath are invited to visit Where The Lines Meet.
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