Portal:London transport/Anniversaries/5 January

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.