Rail accident

Elsterwerda train disaster

20 Nov 1997 · 51.46° N, 13.52° E

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When
20 Nov 1997
Kind
Rail accident
Coordinates
51.46° N, 13.52° E
Description
train wreck
Deaths
2
Injured
8

Elsterwerda station

Railway station in Elsterwerda, Germany

Elsterwerda station is in the town of Elsterwerda in the German state of Brandenburg. It lies on the Berlin–Dresden railway. The station is known for a train crash in 1997, when a freight train with 22 petrol tankers derailed and exploded on the station premises.

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