Portal:London transport/Anniversaries/5 January
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- 5 January
- 1867 – A signalling error injures 16 when it causes a rear-end collision at Farringdon station.
- 1892 – A train derailment near Farringdon station injures five.
- 1913 – Metropolitan Railway opens "fast lines" from Willesden Green to Neasden.
- 1930 – Southern Railway opens the second section of the Wimbledon to Sutton Line between South Merton and Sutton.
- 1964 – First experiments in automatic ticker barriers start at Stamford Brook.
- 1969 – A crash of an Ariana Afghan Airlines plane on approach to Gatwick Airport kills 48 passengers and crew and 2 on the ground.