Accidents and Incidents
7 September 1866: a LB&SCR train misrouted due to a signaller error and point actuator defect, collide with another, 7 injuries.
26 February 1884: an explosion occurred in the cloak-room of the LB&SCR Victoria Station injuring seven staff, which was a part of the Fenian Dynamite Campaign 1867–1885.
27 August 1910: a derailment (LB&SCR) due to inadequate signalling arrangements, 4 injuries.
25 April 1933: (Southern Railway) Buffer stop collision due to driver error 80 injuries.
9 December 1949: (British Railways Southern Region) Signal passed at danger, sidelong collision and derailment. 11 injuries.
18 February 1991: a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) bomb exploded in a litter bin, killing David Corner, and injuring 38. A general bomb warning for all mainline stations had been received by telephone at 7:00 am, but the Metropolitan Police Anti-Terrorist Branch chose not to close the stations. Since that time, there have been no litter bins anywhere on London stations.
20 July 2007: flash flooding closed the station.
7 July 2009: flash flooding closed both the mainline and underground stations causing major disruption to commuters. Water overflowed from the roof drainage system causing flooding on the main concourse, flooding several retail outlets.
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