Editing Brighton Main Line (section)

==Major accidents==
* 21 August 1854: An SER excursion train collided with an LB&SCR locomotive hauling ballast waggons between East Croydon and Windmill Bridge. Three passengers sustained fatal injuries.<ref>{{cite newspaper The Times |title= Fatal accident on the Brighton and Dover railway |date= 22 August 1854 |issue= 21826 |page= 7 }}</ref><ref>{{cite newspaper The Times |title= The late fatal accident on the Brighton and Dover railway |date= 25 August 1854 |issue= 21829 |page= 10 }}</ref><ref>{{cite newspaper The Times |title= The fatal accident on the Brighton and Dover railway |date= 29 August 1854 |issue= 21832 |page= 4 }}</ref>
* 25 August 1861, [[Clayton Tunnel rail crash]]: Two trains collided in the tunnel due to a signaller's error, killing 23 passengers.<ref>{{cite newspaper The Times |title= Terrible accident on the London and Brighton railway |date= 26 August 1861 |issue= 24021 |page= 7 }}</ref><ref>{{cite newspaper The Times |title= The fatal accident on the London and Brighton railway |date= 3 September 1861 |issue= 24028 |page= 7 }}</ref>
* 30 April 1866: An SER passenger train collided with an LB&SCR goods train near Caterham Junction station (now Purley), killing two passengers and a guard.<ref>{{cite newspaper The Times |title= Frightful accident on the Brighton railway |date= 1 May 1866 |issue= 25486 |page= 11 }}</ref><ref>{{cite newspaper The Times |title= The fatal accident on the Brighton railway |date= 2 May 1866 |issue= 25487 |page= 12 }}</ref> The fireman of the passenger train later died of his injuries.<ref>{{cite web |last= Yolland |first= W. |date= 26 May 1866 |title= London, Brighton and South Coast Railway |publisher= Board of Trade (Railway Department) |location= London |url= https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/BoT_CaterhamJunction1866.pdf |access-date= 21 March 2024 }}</ref>
* 23 December 1899: A Pullman express from Brighton ran into the back of a train from Newhaven in fog at Wivelsfield. Six people were killed.<ref>{{cite newspaper The Times |title= Serious railway accidents |date= 25 December 1899 |issue= 36021 |page= 5 }}</ref><ref>{{cite newspaper The Times |title= The Wivelsfield railway accident |date= 25 December 1899 |issue= 36022 |page= 7 }}</ref>
* 29 January 1910: A passenger express train from Brighton to Victoria derailed at Stoats Nest station (later Coulsdon North). Five passengers and two people standing on the station platform were killed.<ref>{{cite newspaper The Times |title= The Stoats Nest accident |date= 2 February 1910 |issue= 39185 |page= 7 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= Jarmyn |first= Luke |date= 4 August 2018 |title= The deadly Croydon train crash you've probably never heard of |work= Croydon Advertiser |url= https://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/news/croydon-news/deadly-croydon-train-crash-youve-1860470 |access-date= 21 March 2024 }}</ref>
* 2 April 1937, [[Battersea Park rail crash]]: Two passenger trains, one from Coulsdon North to Victoria and the other from Victoria to London Bridge, collided at Battersea Park due to a signaller's error, killing six passengers and the guard of the London Bridge train. A further three passengers subsequently died of their injuries.<ref>{{cite newspaper The Times |title= London train collision |date= 3 April 1937 |issue= 47649 |page= 12 }}</ref><ref>{{cite newspaper The Times |title= Battersea train smash |date= 7 April 1937 |issue= 47652 |page= 10 }}</ref><ref>{{cite newspaper The Times |title= Report on Battersea rail collision |date= 29 June 1937 |issue= 47723 |page= 18 }}</ref>
* 24 October 1947, [[South Croydon rail crash]]: Two passenger trains, both travelling to London Bridge, collided in fog due to a signaller's error. A total of 32 people died, including the driver of the second train.<ref>{{cite newspaper The Times |title= 31 killed in SR crash |date= 25 October 1947 |issue= 50901 |page= 4 }}</ref><ref>{{cite newspaper The Times |title= Croydon rail crash |date= 25 November 1947 |issue= 50927 |page= 3 }}</ref>
* 4 March 1989 [[Purley station rail crash]]: Two passenger trains, both travelling to Victoria, collided north of Purley station. Part of the rear train fell down the embankment, killing five people.<ref>{{cite news |last= Whalley |first= Kirsty |date= 1 March 2009 |title= Death in the afternoon: 20 years on, Croydon remembers the Purley rail crash |work= Your Local Guardian |url= https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/4163774.death-in-the-afternoon-20-years-on-croydon-remembers-the-purley-rail-crash/  |access-date= 21 March 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= The Purley train crash |publisher= London Fire Brigade |url= https://www.london-fire.gov.uk/museum/history-and-stories/historical-fires-and-incidents/the-purley-train-crash-1989/  |access-date= 21 March 2024 }}</ref>