page_title: Cambrian Railways
section_title: Accidents
hierarchical_section_title: Cambrian Railways / Accidents
caption_attribution_description: English: Bettisfield Station. View westward, towards Oswestry; ex-Cambrian Rlys. main line Whitchurch - Oswestry - welshpool - Aberystwyth. This station was closed 18/1/65, when passenger services were withdrawn Whitchurch - Oswestry - Buttington, Whitchurch - Ellesmere remaining open for goods until 29/3/65.n
context_page_description: The Cambrian Railways owned 230 miles of track over a large area of mid Wales. The system was an amalgamation of a number of railways that were incorporated in 1864, 1865 and 1904. The Cambrian connected with two of the larger railways to give connections to the northwest of England via the London and North Western Railway, and with the Great Western Railway for connections between London and Wales. The Cambrian Railways amalgamated with the Great Western Railway on 1 January 1922 as a result of the Railways Act 1921. The name is continued today in the route known as the Cambrian Line.
context_section_description: On 1 January 1883, a passenger train was struck by a landslide at Friog, Merionethshire. The locomotive and its tender are pushed into the sea. Both crew were killed.
  On 11 June 1897, a passenger train was derailed at Welshampton, Shropshire due to a combination of defective track and excessive speed. Twelve people were killed.
  On 17 January 1918, two freight trains were in a head-on collision at Parkhall, Shropshire due to irregular operation of tablet instruments by signalmen at Oswestry North and Ellesmere Junction signal boxes. The design of the circuitry connecting the instruments and the weather were contributory factors.
  A head-on collision occurred at Abermule on 26 January 1921, killing 15 passengers, including Lord Herbert Vane-Tempest, chairman of the company and son of the fifth Marquess of Londonderry. The accident was caused by a confusion amongst the staff at Abermule whereby the driver of the train in the station was given back the token he had just handed over, for the section of track he had just travelled over – it would not have been possible to give him the token for the next section. The driver did not check which token he had and set off. He soon collided with the Aberystwyth to Manchester express coming the other way, which had the token for that section.
caption: Bettisfield Station in 1962
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