2021 Hualien train derailment

When

2 Apr 2021

Kind

Rail accident

Coordinates

24.22° N, 121.69° E

Description

2021 railway accident in Taiwan

Deaths

51

Injured

178

Railway accident in Taiwan

On 2 April 2021, at 09:28 NST (01:28 UTC), a Taroko Express train operated by the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) derailed at the north entrance of Qingshui Tunnel in Heren Section, Xiulin Township, Hualien County, Taiwan, killing 49 people and injuring at least two others, making it the deadliest railway accident in Taiwan in terms of confirmed deaths.

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• Wikidata: air, rail, road, mining and industrial accidentsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “2021 Hualien train derailment: In Taiwan, a Taroko Express train collided with a truck that rolled down a slope and derailed, resulting in 49 deaths and 202…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “в уезде Хуалянь на Тайване после столкновения с автокраном сошёл с рельсов пассажирский поезд”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “مقتل ما لا يقل عن 50 شخصًا في انحراف قطار سريع في مقاطعة هوالين في تايوان”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “4月2日──太魯閣自強號在台灣花蓮縣秀林鄉發生出軌事故，導致至少49人死亡，多人受傷。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page