Rail accident

Nidareid train disaster

18 Sep 1921 · 63.43° N, 10.37° E

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When
18 Sep 1921
Kind
Rail accident
Coordinates
63.43° N, 10.37° E
Description
train wreck in Norway in 1921
Deaths
6
Injured
12

Nidareid train disaster

1921 railway incident in Norway

The Nidareid train disaster was a train collision on 18 September 1921 on the Trondhjem–Støren Line railway line, between the stations of Marienborg and Skansen in Trondheim, Norway. The accident occurred the day after the inauguration of the new line to Trondheim, Dovre Line, and one of the trains involved was the inaugural train returning from the celebrations in Trondheim.

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