Eccles rail crash (1941)
The 1941 Eccles rail crash occurred on 30 December 1941 at the east end of the station at Eccles, which was then in Lancashire but is now in Greater Manchester in northern England.
Ramsbottom is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England. The population of the Town at the 2011 census was 17,872. Historically in Lancashire, it is on the River Irwell in the West Pennine Moors, 3.9 miles (6.3 km) north-northwest of Bury, and 12 miles (19 km) north-northwest of Manchester.
Population: 17,738
Latitude: 53° 38' 52.40" N
Longitude: -2° 19' 0.59" W
The 1941 Eccles rail crash occurred on 30 December 1941 at the east end of the station at Eccles, which was then in Lancashire but is now in Greater Manchester in northern England.
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