Genthin rail disaster

When

22 Dec 1939

Kind

Rail accident

Coordinates

52.40° N, 12.16° E

Description

train wreck

Deaths

186

Injured

106

Deadliest German train crash (1939)

The Genthin rail disaster occurred on 22 December 1939, when an express train crashed into a stationary express train in Genthin station, in today's Saxony-Anhalt state of Germany. There were up to 278 deaths, making it the worst passenger train accident in German history. It was caused by a misreading of signals, owing to one train not being equipped with automated protection, due to wartime shortages.

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