The Ladbroke Grove rail disaster: lessons to be learned 20 years on

Rail safety concerns are mounting again as the UK industry faces another overhaulThirty-two candles will be lit at 8.08am on Saturday in St Helens church, just south of the rail tracks at Ladbroke Grove, west London. One candle each for the 31 people who died in one of Britain’s worst rail disasters, exactly 20 years ago; another for the surviving passengers, more than 250 of whom were injured. Two trains collided in the morning rush-hour at a combined speed of 130mph. In the wreckage, fir