Rail tunnel collapses at Gerrards Cross, UK
{{date|July 1, 2005}}

A section of the rail tunnel outside Gerrards Cross Station in Buckinghamshire collapsed at around 8 p.m. last night. No-one was injured. 20 metres of concrete tunnel and gravel collapsed onto the Chiltern to Marylebone line, closing the railway and causing much disruption. 

The tunnel was created by the supermarket chain Tesco, who had filled in a railway cutting in order to build a supermarket above it. The project was unpopular both among the local community and the rail industry who felt the project put commercial gain before railway safety. 

The accident came hours after another rail accident in East Yorkshire, where a train collided with a car at a level crossing, killing the driver of the car and injuring five train passengers.

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==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/4639545.stm |title=One dead in level crossing crash |author=BBC News |pub=BBC News |date=June 30, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/4639671.stm|title=Tunnel Collapses onto rail line|author=BBC News|pub=BBC News|date=June 30, 2005}}

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[[Category:Europe]]
[[Category:United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Disasters and accidents]]
[[Category:Rail transport]]
[[Category:Tesco]]
[[Category:East Riding of Yorkshire]]
A section of the rail tunnel outside Gerrards Cross Station in Buckinghamshire collapsed at around 8 p.m. last night. No-one was injured. 20 metres of concrete tunnel and gravel collapsed onto the Chiltern to Marylebone line, closing the railway and causing much disruption. 

The tunnel was created by the supermarket chain Tesco, who had filled in a railway cutting in order to build a supermarket above it. The project was unpopular both among the local community and the rail industry who felt the project put commercial gain before railway safety. 

The accident came hours after another rail accident in East Yorkshire, where a train collided with a car at a level crossing, killing the driver of the car and injuring five train passengers.

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