The Clapham Junction rail crash occurred on the morning of 12 December 1988, when a crowded British Rail passenger train crashed into the rear of another train that had stopped at a signal just south
View of the crash site and clean-up operations the day after the collision
Memorial at the site of the crash, 2012
The British Rail Class 423, electric multiple unit passenger trains were mostly built by British Rail at York Works from 1967 to 1974, although the MBSOs and TSOs of the first 20, 7701-7720, were buil
Clapham Junction rail crash
…law in connection with the incident. On 12 December 1988 the 07:18 from Basingstoke to London Waterloo, a crowded 12-car train made up of four-car 4VEP electric multiple units 3033, 3119 and 3005, was approaching Clapham Junction when the driver saw the signal ahead of him change from green ("proceed…
Class 423/1 4 VEP 3427 at Eastleigh in 2001
Class 423/1, No. 3810 arriving at London Waterloo in 2003. This unit was one of the last to carry Network SouthEast livery. It was nicknamed the "Great Escape" after it was exported to Germany for a while for testing. After a failed attempt to preserve it, the unit was scrapped.
Class 423/1, no. 3445 at Waterloo East in 2003, with a service to Charing Cross. This unit is painted in Connex South Eastern livery.
Class 423/1, no. 3514 at London Victoria in 2003. This was the only unit to be painted in Southern's green livery and was one of the last units still in traffic with Southern.