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Bristol Post
Bristol Post
National
Tristan Cork

The story behind Bristol's worst rail disaster 101 years ago today

It was the worst disasters for those who work on the railways in Bristol's history - and today marks the 101st anniversary since the day when a train struck and ultimately killed six track workers near Stapleton Road station.

Only two of a team of eight who were working on the line between Stapleton Road and Lockleaze survived what is still one of the worst track worker tragedies on the railways of Britain.

New research, conducted to mark the centenary of the disaster, has led to a fresh understanding of the lessons learned from the tragedy, and the scale of the shock in the communities in Bristol affected.

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