On this day 46 years ago, the Moorgate tube crash sadly claimed the lives of 43 people and injured 74 others when a Northern City Line train failed to stop at the platform and hit into the concrete wall at the end of the tunnel. A six-day rescue operation followed, involving 1,324 firefighters working alongside emergency service colleagues and volunteers. The front three carriages of the train had crushed together and the station was left in total darkness. Using old-style box lamps, crews worke