Eschede derailment

When

3 Jun 1998

Kind

Rail accident

Coordinates

52.73° N, 10.22° E

Description

high-speed train accident in Germany

Deaths

101

Injured

88

Cause

fatigue rupture

1998 high-speed train crash near Eschede, Germany

On 3 June 1998, part of an ICE 1 train on the Hanover–Hamburg railway near Eschede in Lower Saxony, Germany, derailed and crashed into an overpass that crossed the railroad, which then collapsed onto the train. 101 people were killed and at least 88 were injured, making it the second-deadliest railway disaster in German history after the 1939 Genthin rail disaster, and the world's worst ever high-speed rail disaster.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Eschede train disaster: an Intercity-Express high-speed train derails between Hanover and Hamburg, Germany, causing 101 deaths”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “железнодорожная катастрофа под Эшеде — крупнейшая в истории современной Германии”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en el pueblo de Eschede, 288 km al oeste de Berlín (Alemania) un tren de alta velocidad descarrila tras sufrir un fallo mecánico (accidente ferroviario de…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ドイツで高速鉄道のICEが脱線。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page