Rail accident

Schiedam train accident

1856 · 51.92° N, 4.40° E

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When
1856
Kind
Rail accident
Coordinates
51.92° N, 4.40° E
Description
railway incident in the Netherlands

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1856 Schiedam train accident

Railway incident in the Netherlands

On 10 August, 1856 two passenger trains collided at the Amsterdam–Haarlem–Rotterdam railway near Delfshaven between Schiedam Centrum station and Rotterdam Centraal station, the Netherlands. Two carriages where destroyed with a third being severely damaged. Three passengers lost their lives and at least nine were injured.

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