Chester Railway Station (Chester)

United Kingdom / England / Chester
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This station is owned and operated by Arriva Trains Wales

Site of Chester General rail crash (Chester)

This site of a railway crash at Chester railway station (then known as Chester General), where a freight train carrying 5 tanks of fuel in the evening when the brakes failed. Unable to stop, the train shot past a red light, and was sent into a bay platform at Chester General where an empty DMU was being stabled. The driver escaped before it collided with the train.
The freight train was destroyed and the fuel tanks burst, sending ignited petrol in several directions. The first coach of the diesel train was completely destroyed, the second was sent flying onto the platform where in knocked down a building on the platform. Part of the roof was destroyed, and was removed (but never replaced, though the renovation project will in the future). Both trains were written off.
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_railway_station
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Coordinates:   53°11'47"N   2°52'46"W

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  • The main station in Chester. The station is on the North Wales Coast Line, with westbound trains heading to Llandudno and Bangor, while eastbound trains head to Manchester and Crewe. It is also the terminus of the border line to Wrexham and Shrewsbury, the local services to Manchester and the Wirral line to Birkenhead. The facade has impressible Italianate architecture but the interior is in a state of dilapidation; the folded iron roof leaks and a section is missing from a nasty accident in 1972. The planned £10m restoration should see to this.
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