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European Railroad Discussion > Netherlands train crash: one deadDate: 04/03/23 22:49 Netherlands train crash: one dead Author: SDGreg https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/04/netherlands-train-accident-several-seriously-injured-as-carriage-hits-construction-equipment
"One person was killed and dozens were injured after a passenger train carrying about 60 people derailed in the Netherlands, Dutch emergency services said. The train left the tracks after colliding with construction equipment early on Tuesday, at Voorschoten, about eight kilometres (five miles) north of The Hague." "Images from the scene showed a front carriage derailed and ploughing into a field, while a second derailed carriage landed on its side. A third carriage remained upright, while a fourth caught fire, the ANP news agency said." Date: 04/04/23 12:40 Re: Netherlands train crash: one dead Author: petmew A freight train collided first with the "crane on lorries", likely pushed the crane in the path of the passenger train.
Two tracks were in normal use, two tracks were supposedly out of service for track work. Both engineers survived, the crane operator did not... Edit with a link to some pictures on a Dutch news site: https://112hm.nl/2023/04/04/tientallen-gewonden-bij-treinongeval-in-voorschoten/ Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 04/04/23 12:54 by petmew. Date: 04/04/23 16:45 Re: Netherlands train crash: one dead Author: lynnpowell The linked Dutch website has a couple dozen very dramatic and graphic photos of the wreck aftermath. It could have been a lot worse!
Date: 04/04/23 18:00 Re: Netherlands train crash: one dead Author: march_hare For all we hear about bad crashworthiness in European passenger trains, this one seems to have held up pretty well.
Date: 04/04/23 23:46 Re: Netherlands train crash: one dead Author: 86235 Date: 04/06/23 14:04 Re: Netherlands train crash: one dead Author: Ray_Murphy Typical speed of the VIRM trainsets (the type involverd in the accident) on this section is 120-140 km/hr.
Ray Date: 04/07/23 09:08 Re: Netherlands train crash: one dead Author: PHall march_hare Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > For all we hear about bad crashworthiness in > European passenger trains, this one seems to have > held up pretty well. No one has said that they have "bad crashworthyness", they just don't meet the currant FRA and DOT standards. Standards that were part of the knee jerk reactions after we had a couple of particularly bad wrecks. Date: 04/08/23 10:10 Re: Netherlands train crash: one dead Author: Lackawanna484 The Spanish and German trains had several can opener accidents where the sides of the trains were ripped off, resulting in considerable loss of life. Have the railway car construction standards improved in the past decade?
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