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What caused the Moorgate Tube crash of 1975?

26/02/2025 in Features

Fifty years ago, 43 people lost their lives in the Moorgate Tube crash. Mike Lewis was at the station that morning, and vividly remembers the scenes on one of the Underground‘s blackest days.




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