Masbroughlad
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Thinking of all of those - friends, colleagues and passengers whose lives were changed forever by the Hatfield rail tragedy 12 years ago today.
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AndyHA
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Yes , I would like to add my thoughts ( and prayers ) to the above comment also .
R I P .
R I P .
YorkshireBear
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+1.
R.I.P can't believe its been 12 years.
R.I.P can't believe its been 12 years.
And ten years since Potters Bar; where I was just minutes after the crash (not on the railway that day, but about to drive under the bridge that was all cordoned off by the emergency services). I didn't even know what had happened until I got home.
ralphchadkirk
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It's odd to think that I now live not 3 miles from the Hatfield crash site.
RIP.
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VTPreston_Tez
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Wow. 12 years today. Unbelievable. RIP.
ATW Alex 101
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Just over 13 years since the Ladbroke Grove rail crash. That day was my first day in England after I had come home from the Philippines where I had been born in November the year earlier and our plane landed in Heathrow (Or so according to my dad) so potentially I may have been travelling on one of the trains that crashed. Highly unlikely as we are up north but always possible.
My thoughts to those affected
Just over 13 years since the Ladbroke Grove rail crash. That day was my first day in England after I had come home from the Philippines where I had been born in November the year earlier and our plane landed in Heathrow (Or so according to my dad) so potentially I may have been travelling on one of the trains that crashed. Highly unlikely as we are up north but always possible.
My thoughts to those affected
YorkshireRider
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Never Forget R.I.P
Temple Meads
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I'm a bit young to be able to remember this, but nevertheless my thoughts are with the people who lost their lives, and those they left behind, plus those who were also affected/involved by the crash(es).
northernrail
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While I doubt it's any consolation for the victims, it is lucky that the train stood up so well and that it led to a massive overhaul of railway safety in terms of maintenance and monitoring. As such, their deaths were not in vain.
I'm not naive enough to think that there aren't still going to be problems, but I still think it's a lot better than it might have been.
I'm not naive enough to think that there aren't still going to be problems, but I still think it's a lot better than it might have been.
ralphchadkirk
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I walked past the memorial today, so went in to remember the dead. Very sobering to see the flowers there as the trains shot past.
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