Approximately 40 kilometers southwest of Leeds and 50 kilometers east of Manchester, nestled in the foothills of the Pennine Hills, you'll find the unfortunately named town of Penistone. The town was originally called Peningston, which likely meant "the farmstead at the hill called Penning," in recognition of the prominent ridge to the town's south. However, over time, the innocuous name morphed into its current variation. The town’s awkward name aside, Penistone holds a far more embarrassing reputation as the site of the most frequent railway accidents in Britain.
A platform sign at Penistone railway station, England. Photo credit: Ian Kirk/Wikimedia Commons
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Penistone: The Worst Accident Black-spot on The British Railway Network
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