Date 30 November 1992 Location Near Hoofddorp Operator Nederlandse Spoorwegen | Time 7.15 (CET) Country Netherlands | |
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Cause High speed due to insufficient communication with operator. | ||
The Hoofddorp train accident in the Dutch municipality Haarlemmermeer took place on 30 November 1992. Whilst en route to Vlissingen a passenger train of the type Koploper derailed at about 7.15 near Hoofddorp. Five people were killed and 33 were injured in the accident. Two days earlier an international train from Amsterdam to Paris derailed at nearly the same location.
Cause
At the site of the accident a temporary S-curve had been constructed because of railway works. In this S-curve the maximum speed had been reduced from 90 to 60 km/h because of repairs to the rails as a consequence of the derailment two days earlier. The investigation concluded that the operator had driven the train at a minimum speed of 106 km/h. He had not been aware of the speed limitation as he received insufficient information from the train dispatchers.