Buffer stop collision at Largs Station on 11 July 1995: Estimate of impact speed (RR-STR-95-083)

On 11 July 1995 a six car class 318 unit collided with the buffer stops at Largs Station, subsequently running onto the station concourse, demolishing the booking office and coming to rest with the leading vehicle projecting through the front of the station. Following the accident, Railtrack Scotland requested BR...