April 2010 in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in April 2010.

Events

April 12

– Merano train derailment: at 09:05 local time (07:05 UTC), a 2-car Stadler GTW train, operated by STA Südtiroler, derails after running into a landslide between Latsch and Kastelbell, near Merano, in Kastelbell-Tschars, Italy, causing nine deaths and injuring 28.

April 21

– A Rovos Rail luxury tourist train derails at Pretoria, South Africa. Three crew members are killed and many more are injured. The owner of Rovos Rail said that the train’s nineteen carriages were unhooked from the locomotive when they freewheeled out of control. Half of the 55 passengers were on board along with some of the thirty staff. The dead include a woman and her baby, born moments after the derailment. See also: 2010 Pretoria train accident

April 26

– The newly constructed Fuxia Railway, connecting Fuzhou and Xiamen, opens in China. The 275-kilometre (171 mi) long line is part of the high-speed railway system connecting Shenzhen to Shanghai, and will see trains traveling up to 250 km/h (160 mph). The new line reduces travel time between Fuzhou and Xiamen from 11 hours to as little as 90 minutes.

References

April 2010 in rail transport Wikipedia

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