< Portal:London transport < Anniversaries
- 8 April
- 1953 – Stratford tube crash kills 12 people when a train runs into another in tunnel between Stratford and Leyton.
- 1962 – First experiments in automatic train operation begin between Stamford Brook and Ravenscourt Park.
- 1968 – A fire on a BOAC passenger plane following an emergency landing kills 5. Stewardess Barbara Jane Harrison is posthumously awarded the George Cross for heroism.
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