One dead and dozens injured after passenger trains collide north of London
Key takeaways
- One person was killed and dozens were injured, including 11 seriously, after two London-bound passenger trains collided near Bedford on Friday.
- By: FRANCE 24 An aerial photograph shows the Temple Mills International train depot in east London, on October 27, 2025.
- The crash occurred late afternoon near Bedford, a town around 56 miles (90 kilometres) north of the UK capital, and involved two London-bound trains on the same track, according to East Midlands Railway (EMR).
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One person was killed and dozens were injured, including 11 seriously, after two London-bound passenger trains collided near Bedford on Friday. Emergency services mounted a major response, deploying air ambulances as investigators began examining the cause of one of Britain's most serious rail incidents in recent years.
By: FRANCE 24 An aerial photograph shows the Temple Mills International train depot in east London, on October 27, 2025. © Yelim Lee, AFP One person has died and dozens were injured, 11 of them "very seriously", after two passenger trains collided north of London on Friday, UK emergency services said.
The crash occurred late afternoon near Bedford, a town around 56 miles (90 kilometres) north of the UK capital, and involved two London-bound trains on the same track, according to East Midlands Railway (EMR).