Latitude and longitude of Kirtlebridge rail crash
- Nearby Locharbriggs, United Kingdom
Satellite map of Kirtlebridge rail crash
The Kirtlebridge rail crash took place in 1872 at Kirtlebridge railway station in Dumfriesshire. An express passenger train ran into a goods train that was shunting; 11 people lost their lives immediately, and one further person succumbed later. The cause was a failure to communicate between the station master in charge of the shunting operation, and the signalman.
Latitude: 55° 02' 60.00" N
Longitude: -3° 12' 43.20" W