Signals to Danger

Twice in the history of the UK's Railways has an accident led to the loss of more than 100 lives. The second took place on Wednesday the 8th of October 1952. Three trains collide with each other at Harrow & Wealdstone station just outside London. 112 people are killed and 340 injured. How could this have taken place? Join us to find out what happened and how it could have been prevented....

An 8 carriage passenger train has derailed, colliding with a bridge and claiming 8 lives. This everyday journey has turned into a disaster, but what caused the train to leave the tracks? Come and find out how they solved the mystery in this episode of Signals to Danger. Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's the middle of summer and on a sunny Saturday morning 64 passengers start a train journey they will never forget. 9 people would lose their lives and the industry would find itself questioning the safety of an everyday feature. Find out what happened in this episode of Signals to Danger. Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 2007 a passenger train travelling at 95 miles an hour was scattered off the track and into a remote field just south of the Lake District. What caused the accident which injured many, and took the life of one of the passengers? Join us to find out what went wrong. Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An express train ploughs into the back of another on the shoreline in Scotland. The autumn morning was shattered and 5 lives lost. What caused the disaster, and how can we prevent it happening again? Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rush hour and an express train is leaving the capital bound for Oxford.  At 70 miles an hour, the train violently derails, jackknifing carriages and leaving the loco on its side. 10 die, but why? Join us this week to find out. Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Just after Christmas, a train full of bleary-eyed travellers makes it's way across the Pennines. As they enter a tunnel at 70 miles an hour, the driver is horrified to see a wall of ice across the track. What went wrong, and hour could it have been prevented? Listen in to find out. Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Christmas Eve 1874. As people make their way home to see friends and family, many swarmed to London stations to start their journey.  Several hours after a train left London, it derailed over a canal bridge, and the disaster takes the lives of 34 people. What led to the disaster which ruined Christmas in a sleepy Oxfordshire village? Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

Two trains collide in the Scottish countryside, as snow falls and the wind whips around.  35 people lose their lives, two weeks before Christmas. It's crucial to find out the cause of this tragedy. Join us this week as we get to the bottom of it. Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2 Passenger trains collide head-on a rural single line. Five people lose their lives on a foggy autumn morning.  One of them wasn't supposed to be there. What went wrong, who was to blame, and could it have been prevented? Join us this episode to find out, on Signals to Danger. Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Northumbria plays host to one of the most infamous curves on the whole network. At twenty to one in the morning the sleeper from Aberdeen spills off the tracks and into the nearby gardens. With a curve so infamous, why wasn't it avoided? And what's the shocking cause behind the whole accident? Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Another high-speed passenger train lies strewn across the tracks. 4 lives lost and a rail shattered into hundreds of pieces. Who's to blame, could it have been stopped? Join us to find out! Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Just after Christmas a crowded commuter train slams into the buffers at a busy London station.  Something has gone terribly wrong, but what is it?  Let's find out. Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is a quick bonus episode, going into one of the most prominent safety features on the UK rail Network, AWS - The Automatic Warning System. Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A carriage plummets from a viaduct into a river, another train lays on its side on the bridge above. Why were they both on the same piece of track at the same time? What mistakes led to this wreckage and claimed the lives of 10. Welcome back to Signals to Danger. Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An overnight sleeper train flies off the track at four times the speed limit, scattering carriages across a normally busy station during engineering works. How did this happen and could it have been prevented? Join us as we try and find out what went wrong. Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the 10th May 2002, 7 lives were claimed by a 100 mph derailment in the Station at Potters Bar, resulting in a carriage wedged between the platform and roof. This episode will delve into the reasons this accident took place, the investigation, and the legacy it left behind. Signals to Danger is still a new podcast, so I hope you enjoy it. If you do, like or review us and help us grow Support the...

On the 28th February 2001 a high speed passenger train and a coal train collided on the East Coast Main Line near Selby, Yorkshire, claiming the lives of 10 people. This episode will delve into the reasons this accident took place, the investigation and the legacy it left behind.. Great Heck is the first episode of the first season of Signals to Danger, so I hope you enjoy it. If you do, like or r...