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Greatest robbery from a train

Greatest robbery from a train
Who
The Great Train Robbery
What
2631784 UK pound(s) sterling
Where
United Kingdom (Mentmore,)
When
08 August 1963
The greatest recorded train robbery occurred between 3:03 a.m. and 3:27 a.m. on 8 August 1963, when a General Post Office mail train from Glasgow was ambushed at Sears Crossing and robbed at Bridego Bridge near Mentmore, Buckinghamshire, UK. A gang escaped with approximately 120 mailbags containing £2,631,784 (then US$7,369,784) in banknotes being taken to London for destruction. Only £343,448 (then US$961,757) was recovered.