What the records say
- When
- 22 Jul 2004
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 40.43° N, 30.05° E
- Description
- 2004 train accident in Sakarya, Turkey
- Deaths
- 41
Pamukova train derailment
2004 train accident in Sakarya, Turkey
The Pamukova train derailment was a fatal railway accident which occurred in 2004 at Pamukova district of Sakarya Province in northwestern Turkey when a higher speed train derailed, at which 41 passengers were killed and 80 injured.
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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 (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Pamukova tren kazası: İstanbul'dan Ankara'ya hareket eden Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu adlı hızlı trenin 4 vagonu Sakarya'nın Pamukova ilçesi yakınlarında raydan…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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