Structural assessment of collision at Cowden on 15th October 1994 (RR-STR-94-080)

At approximately 08.30 on October 15th 1994, two 6-car class 205 DEMUs collided head-on 300 m south of Cowden Station on the Oxted-Uckfield line. The accident occurred on a single line section of track at the top of a steep embankment. The wreckage was examined on site seven hours...