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The Eastbourne rail crash was an accident on the British railway system which occurred on 25 August 1958 at Eastbourne railway station in East Sussex. The accident killed five people and injured 25 others. Eastbourne station is a terminus station with services to , , London Victoria. At the time of the accident, there was a further service to via the Cuckoo Line. It was then common for services from Hastings to Brighton to enter Eastbourne and reverse to carry on its journey. Trains between Ashford International and Brighton and between London Victoria and Ore still do this today, with some calling at twice. == The accident == On Monday, 25 August 1958, at 7:27 a.m., the 7:45 p.m. sleeper-car steam train originating from Glasgow "ran past the home signal at Eastbourne at danger." A second train, the 6:47 a.m. multiple-unit, 12-coach, electric passenger train from Ore to London Bridge station, was at the number 4 platform at the Eastbourne station awaiting departure.〔 The first train was carrying 36 passengers and the second 150 passengers.〔 〕 After running the home signal, the steam train struck the EMU travelling at a speed of about 25 m.p.h.〔 The 06:47 to service was about to depart Platform 4. Although scheduled to depart Eastbourne at 07:25, it was running four minutes late. The train had only started to leave when the 19:45 Glasgow to Eastbourne car sleeper service running on the same line collided head on at about . The sleeper train had been running twelve minutes late on leaving Mitre Bridge Junction, London, where the locomotives are changed and had arrived at six minutes late. It left Polegate on time and on approaching Eastbourne was signal checked. Driver Wembridge failed to see the home signal was set at 'danger' and drove straight through the points, onto the path of the oncoming London Bridge service.
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