What the records say
- When
- 3 Jul 2006
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 39.46° N, 0.38° W
- Description
- train wreck
- Deaths
- 43
- Injured
- 47
Valencia Metro derailment
Train wreck
The Valencia Metro derailment occurred in Valencia, Spain's third largest city, on 3 July 2006 at 1 p.m. CEST between Jesús and Plaça d'Espanya stations on the Line 1 of the Metrovalencia mass transit system. At least 43 people were killed and more than ten were seriously 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 (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “At least 41 people die during a lunchtime subway accident in Valencia, Spain when two cars of a train derail and overturn”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Un accidente en el metro de Valencia (España) causa 43 muertos y 47 heridos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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