RMT today marks 35 years since the Clapham Junction rail crash.

RMT today marks 35 years since the Clapham Junction rail crash.

12 December 2023

RMT Press Office:

RAIL UNION RMT today marks 35 years since the Clapham Junction rail crash which left 35 dead and hundreds injured.

Senior representatives of the union joined a memorial service at the scene of the crash in Battersea, south London, and lay flowers on behalf of RMT.

The crash took place on December 12 1988 when a crowded train from Poole to London Waterloo crashed into the back of a stationary Basingstoke service, which had stopped at a red signal. 

A third train, travelling empty in the opposite direction, hit the wreckage only minutes later.

Wreaths will be laid by London Fire Brigade, British Transport Police, train companies, the local school whose pupils helped the injured on the day of the crash, and by ASLEF union branches.  

RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch said: 

“I send my condolences to the families and loved ones of victims of the crash and call for continued vigilance with regard to safety on the railway.

“It is right that we remember the 35 who lost their lives, as well as those who were injured, and all the families affected.”

 

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