The express was a Birmingham Pullman service travelling Traveling from Birmingham Snow Hill to London Paddington , having departed at 1pm .

One of the drivers killed in the accident was Ernie Morris , one of the first drivers to be certified on the Blue Pullman sets , and who had featured in the 1962 British Transport Film `` Lets Go To Birmingham '' which was a driver 's eye view of the Blue Pullman sets on a run from London Paddington to Birmingham Snow Hill .

The Ladbroke Grove rail crash ( also known as the Paddington rail crash ) was a rail accident which occurred on 5 October 1999 at Ladbroke Grove in London , United Kingdom .

A Great Western Railway ( GWR ) luggage train travelling from London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads station entered Arriving Sonning Cutting .