Portal:London transport/Anniversaries/8 April


 * 8 April
 * 1953 – Stratford tube crash kills 12 people when a train runs into another in tunnel between Stratford and.
 * 1962 – First experiments in automatic train operation begin between and.
 * 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.