Signals to Danger

Season Two kicks off with the story of Quintinshill. At the height of the First World War, Britains worst-ever train crash takes the lives of 227 people, 215 of them troops on their way to war. Join us to see what went so wrong, and why this disaster took place. Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

100 years ago 6 track workers went to do their job and didn't return.  They were run down and killed by a passing train in a tragic loss of life.  Join us in commemorating their centenary and find out what happened at Stapleton Road. Thanks to the Railway Work, Life and Death Project for their support and research in creating this episode @RWLDproject http://www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/ S...

A straight section of track suddenly becomes the scene of a violent derailment. A passenger train is smashed to pieces and 13 people lost their lives. Answers were needed, and Her Majesties Rail Inspectorate needed to provide them.  Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Signals to Danger has reached 25 episodes, and a year of life. To celebrate, two special episodes have been created, experiments in slightly different types of content, the first is this, sounds from the scene.  To create this, and an accompanying video (coming soon) I headed down to London and spent the day travelling around some of the locations where accidents took place. Next episode will be n...

On a Monday evening in July 1984 a passenger train collided with a cow between Edinburgh and Glasgow. The resulting derailment took the lives of 13 people and caused immense damage to the train and track. Why did this accident take place and why was it so devastating to those involved? Join us to find out. Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 2010 an accident took place on a level crossing at Herefordshire.  An everyday trip turned into a disaster when the barriers opened as a train approached, two cars were hit by a train and one woman tragically lost her life. Join us this week to find out what went wrong at Moreton-on-Lugg. Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 1964 a special train was put on to take 230 school children from Staffordshire to York. They were on their way to enjoy the sites of the city, a true adventure. 2 hours after it set off, it was derailed along the platforms at the suburban station of Cheadle Hulme.  3 lives lost and yet another disaster on the rails, join us this time to find out what happened.  Support the show Hosted on Acast....

This weeks episode is a tale of travelling post offices and tanker wagons. Two trains collide outside Stafford station in 1996, one postal worker loses his life, and several carriages are destroyed. What happened which led to this disaster? Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On a peaceful March morning in 1951 a train derailed less than a minute outside Doncaster station. This short journey left 14 people dead and a carriage wrapped around a bridge support. Join us in this episode to find out how what turned into a normal day into disaster. Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In March of 1967, an express train left Kings Cross for an overnight trip to Edinburgh.  An hour later 4 carriages of the train would be scattered over the East Coast Main Line and 5 of her passengers would have lost their lives. When investigators found the cause, well, let's just say it was truly shocking. A betrayal of the railway's safety culture in an ultimate way. Join us this week...

In 2015 a steam charter train came within 44 seconds of colliding with a high speed passenger train.  A signal passed at red and some revelations about just what was taking place in the cab of the locomotive mean that the near-miss at Wootton Bassett is a perfect example of why we have the rules we do. Join us to find out just how close things came, and the shocking reason why. Support the show Ho...

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.