Hixon
A Pendolino on a Manchester to Euston service passes the site of Hixon Halt (closed 1947) and its infamous level crossing. In 1968 a Euston bound express hauled by AL1 E3009 smashed into a 120 ton transformer on a low loader on the automatic half barrier crossing and eleven people were killed. The subsequent public enquiry resulted in a number of recommendations to improve safety at these crossings. A bridge was eventually built at Hixon in 2002 but it is still available as an engineers' access point.
Location: Hixon (former)
Original line: North Staffordshire Railway
Photographer: Mark Bartlett
Contact photographer: Mark Bartlett
Date: 25/05/2012
Image number: 39333
