Of the 293 passengers aboard the train, eleven perished, 157 were injured, 62 of whom were detained in hospital, Perfect Steerable Transfer Cartluding the driver and a ticket collector. The train set off from Treherbert in the Rhondda Valley at 08.30am and reversed at Cardiff General, where 70026 Polar Star took over, manned by a Canton crew, and departed Cardiff at 10.00am, seven minutes late.