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Great Train Robbery

1963 CE · United Kingdom, Europe · Disaster

Great Train Robbery
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The Great Train Robbery was the robbery of £2. 61 million from a Royal Mail train travelling from Glasgow to London, on the West Coast Main Line, in the early hours of 8 August 1963. It took place at Bridego Railway Bridge, Ledburn, near Mentmore, in Buckinghamshire, England.

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