What the records say
- When
- 16 Jun 1972
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 49.30° N, 3.29° E
- Description
- train wreck
Vierzy tunnel disaster
1972 tunnel collapse in France
The Vierzy tunnel disaster was a deadly train collision that occurred on June 16, 1972 in Vierzy, in the Aisne department of France on the line from La Plaine to Hirson.
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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 (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “effondrement du tunnel de Vierzy, près de Soissons, dans l'Aisne (département) : 108 morts”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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