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1984 Eccles rail crash
The 1984 Eccles rail crash occurred on 4 December 1984 at Eccles, Greater Manchester, when an express passenger train collided at speed with the rear of a freight train of oil tankers. The driver of the express and two passengers were killed, and 68 people were injured. The cause of the accident was determined to be that the driver of the express train had passed a signal at danger.
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Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust operated Salford Royal Hospital in Greater Manchester until 2017. Its chief executive is Dr Owen Williams.
In December 2017 it was announced that the Trust was to form a new healthcare organisation by combining with Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. The new organisation, to be called the Northern Care Alliance NHS Group, would have 17,000 staff, and a combined operating budget of £1.3bn covering Oldham, Bury, Rochdale, Salford and North Manchester.
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Salford Royal Hospital
Salford Royal Hospital (formerly known as Hope Hospital) is a large university teaching hospital in the metropolitan borough of Salford, England operated by Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust. It was previously one of the top-performing hospitals in the United Kingdom.
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Ladywell tram stop
Ladywell is a tram stop on the Eccles Line of Greater Manchester's light rail Metrolink system. It is located in the Weaste area of the City of Salford, in North West England, and opened on 21 July 2000 as part of Phase 2 of the system's expansion.
Ladywell has a Park and Ride car park for Metrolink customer which is a short walk from the end of the platforms.
The tram stop itself is named after the nearby roundabout, Ladywell Roundabout, under which the tram lines are tunnelled.
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Weaste and Seedley (ward)
Weaste and Seedley is an electoral ward of Salford, England. It is represented in Westminster by Rebecca Long-Bailey MP for Salford and Eccles. A profile of the ward conducted by Salford City Council in 2014 recorded a population of 12,616.