What the records say
- When
- 19 Dec 2005
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 49.67° N, 19.25° E
- Description
- runaway train event in Poland in 2005
- Deaths
- 0
- Injured
- 8
2005 Świnna rail crash
Runaway train event in Poland in 2005
The Świnna rail crash, also known as Jeleśnia runaway train, was a runaway train accident involving two passenger trains on Skawina – Żywiec railway line 97 in Poland on 19 December 2005. The brakes in a passenger train running from Sucha Beskidzka to Żywiec stopped operating after it entered the steep sloped section of line, reaching speed of 90 km/h and creating the threat of head-on collision with another passenge…
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