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Brandsen rail disaster

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Time
  
04:30

Country
  
Argentina

Cause
  
Points failure

Number of deaths
  
34

Injuries
  
74

Trains
  
2

Location
  
Brandsen

Type of incident
  
Head-on collision

Date
  
8 March 1981

Operator
  
General Roca Railway

Passenger count
  
803

Brandsen rail disaster

Rail line
  
Buenos Aires to Mar Del Plata

The Brandsen rail disaster occurred in 1981 in Argentina when a passenger train collided head on with a freight train, killing 34.

References

Brandsen rail disaster Wikipedia