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First murder on the railways - 1864
 
First murder on the railways - 1864
Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 16:11, 22nd November 2025
 
As ever, I stumbled across this reference to the first murder on the railways while I was actually looking for something else.

The first murder on the railways was the killing of Thomas Briggs, by Franz Muller, on 9 July 1864.

There is a very good account on the British Transport Police website.

First murder on the railways - 1864
Posted by rogerpatenall at 12:22, 18th February 2021
 
Sundays on the North London line out of Broad Street in the 60s

If you mean the 1860s was that not the site of the first 'railway murder'? Actually unsure of the exact date and location, but it was somewhere around there and then, I think.

 
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