Great Train Robbery (1963) - Wikipedia
The Great Train Robbery was the robbery of £2.61 million [2] (calculated to present-day value of £69 million - or $73,547,750) from a Royal Mail train travelling from Glasgow to London on the West Coast Main Line in the early hours of 8 August 1963 at Bridego Railway Bridge, Ledburn, near Mentmore in Buckinghamshire, England.
Great Train Robbery | Railway Heist, 1963 Heist & Post Office Robbery …
2024年11月21日 · Great Train Robbery, (August 8, 1963), in British history, the armed robbery of £2,600,000 (mostly in used bank notes) from the Glasgow–London Royal Mail Train, near Bridego Bridge north of London. The 15 holdup men, wearing helmets, ski masks, and gloves, were aided by two accomplices—an anonymous.
BBC News - The Great Train Robbery: How it happened
Just after 3am on 8 August, 1963 the night mail train from Glasgow Central to London Euston was stopped in Buckinghamshire by a gang of thieves. By 3:30am they had escaped with £2.6m in used...
The Great Train Robbers: Who were they? - BBC News
2013年2月28日 · He was part of the gang that escaped with £2.6m from the Glasgow to London mail train on 8 August 1963. The haul the 15 men secured is the equivalent of £40m in today's money - and was a record...
The Great Train Robbery Of 1963, History’s Biggest Railway Heist
On August 8, 1963, a group of 15 thieves pulled off the Great Train Robbery and stole £2.6 million — $58 million today — from a Royal Mail train traveling between Glasgow and London.
The Great Train Robbery, 1963 | British Transport Police
The train passed Leighton Buzzard at about 3am on 8 August 1963, and moments later the driver, Jack Mills saw a red signal ahead at a place called Sears Crossing. The signal was false. A glove had been stuffed onto the proper signal and the red light was activated by attaching it …
The Great Train Robbery - The Postal Museum
At around 3.00am on 8 August 1963, a gang of armed criminals boarded a Royal Mail train en route to Euston station in London. Dangerous and organised, they escaped with a staggering £2.6 million (£50 million in today’s money).
How the Great Train Robbery Worked - HowStuffWorks
The robbery of the Up Special, on the night of Aug. 8, 1963, is the largest train heist in Britain's history. The Up Special was a 12-car, single diesel locomotive mobile post office where postal employees sorted mail and packages en route from Glasgow, Scotland to London, England.
UK | How the Great Train Robbery unfolded - BBC News
2009年7月1日 · The Great Train Robbery of 1963 was the most famous raid of an era in which some criminals became celebrities. The gang, taking inspiration from the rail robberies of the Wild West, raided...
The Great Train Robbery of 1963: Who was in the gang with …
2023年8月7日 · On August 8, 1963, 15 men planned and executed a heist on a Royal Mail train carrying millions in cash. Standing in wait for the train to pass Bridego Bridge, north of London, the robbers...