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The Great Train Robbery was the robbery of £2.61 million (calculated to present-day value of £69 million - or $73,547,750 [citation needed]), from a Royal Mail train heading 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 ...
8 de ago. de 2013 · 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...
28 de feb. de 2013 · British criminal Ronnie Biggs, best known for his part in the 1963 Great Train Robbery, has died at the age of 84. He was part of the gang that escaped with £2.6m from the Glasgow to London...
3 de may. de 2024 · 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.
The Great Train Robbery, 1963. Late on Thursday 8 August 1963, a Travelling Post Office train left Glasgow for Euston. On board, staff sorted the mail and parcels prior to its arrival in London. The second carriage from the front of the train was a High Value Package carriage, where registered mail was sorted. Much of this consisted of cash.
12 de ago. de 2019 · The Great Train Robbery was the theft of £2.6 million from a Royal Mail train heading from Glasgow to London on the West Coast Main Line in the early hours of 8 August 1963, at Bridego...
At just past 3 a.m. near the Bridego Railway Bridge in Buckinghamshire, England, a gang of thieves pulled off a daring heist. They stole 120 sacks of bank notes worth £2.6 million (about $7 million at the time, or more than $50 million today) from the second car -- a heist known today as the Great Train Robbery.
