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Rail accidents at Morpeth
The town of Morpeth in Northumberland, England has what is reputed to be the most severe curve ( radius) of any main railway line in Britain. The track turns approximately 98° from a northwesterly to an easterly direction immediately west of Morpeth Station on an otherwise fast section of the East Coast Main Line railway.〔(Google maps satellite view of the location )〕 This was a major factor in three serious derailments between 1969 and 1994. The curve has a permanent speed restriction of .
==1877 derailment==
On 25 March 1877, the 10:30 p.m. train from Edinburgh to London Kings Cross was derailed on the curve. It was travelling at only . The officer from the Railway Inspectorate who held the inquiry, Captain Henry Tyler, found that faulty track was to blame. He also commented perspicaciously "It would obviously be better if a deviation line could be constructed, to avoid the use of so sharp a curve on a main line". Over 130 years later, this "deviation line" has still not yet been built.〔Hall, Stanley: "Railway Detectives" publ. Ian Allan 1990, ISBN 0-7110-1929-0; page 50.〕
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