Time 7.54 (CET) Rail line Hoekse Lijn Date 4 May 1976 Country Netherlands | Location Near Schiedam Injuries several tens, 5 severe Total number of deaths 24 Operator Nederlandse Spoorwegen | |
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Cause Error by the chief conductor
and the driver of Stoptrein 4116,
lack of ATB Trains D215 Rhine Express boat train
Stoptrein 4116 | ||
The Schiedam train disaster took place in the Netherlands on 4 May 1976 near the station Schiedam Rotterdam-West. The international Rhine Express boat train (D-train D215) from Hook of Holland, which left for Munich and was hauled by NS Class 1300 electric locomotive no. 1311 Best collided with a train of the then new sprinter type, (trainset 2008 of Stoptrein 4116) coming from Rotterdam. The collision caused the deaths of 24 people (in the forward carriage of the 2008), 5 severe casualties and several tens of less severely injured.
The disaster was the second major train crash near Schiedam, following the first major train accident in the Netherlands, which happened on 10 August 1856 and caused 3 deaths.
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