Nijmegen train collision

1979 Netherlands train collision

Nijmegen train disaster

The aftermath of the accident.

Details
Date| 28 August 1979
Coordinates| 51°49′55″N 5°50′16″E﻿ / ﻿51.8320°N 5.8378°E﻿ / 51.8320; 5.8378
Country| Netherlands
Line| Tilburg–Nijmegen railway
Operator| Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Incident type| Head-on collision
Statistics
Trains| 2
Deaths| 8
Injured| 36

The Nijmegen train disaster was a rail crash in the Netherlands in which two passenger trains—of which one did not contain passengers—collided head-on. The collision happened on 28 August 1979 between Wijchen and Nijmegen, near the Kolpingbuurt neighbourhood in Nijmegen on the railway line Tilburg to Nijmegen. Eight people died in the disaster,[1] seven passengers and the driver of train 4365. Thirty-six people were injured, including the conductor and driver of train 74363.

## Trains

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Two trains were involved in the crash. The first was an empty train 74363 destined for Nijmegen railway station. This train consisted of a multiple unit of the Mat '64 Plan V 936 type. The second was train 4365 consisting of two two-carriage multiple units of the Mat '46 type, units 256 and 244. Train 74363 traveled at about 5 km/h, the passenger train 4365 at about 90 km/h.

## See also

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* Railways portal

* List of rail accidents (1970–1979)

## References

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1. ^ "Achtste slachtoffer treinramp Nijmegen". Leeuwarder Courant (in Dutch). September 4, 1979. Retrieved March 3, 2012.

## Further reading

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* (in Dutch) Spoorwegongevallen in Nederland, 1839-1993; writer: R.T. Jongerius, Published by: Schuyt & Co, 1993. Part 22 in the book range of the Nederlandse Vereniging van Belangstellenden in het Spoor- en tramwegwezen (NVBS), ISBN 90-6097-341-0.

## External links

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* Media related to Nijmegen rail accident on 28 August 1979 at Wikimedia Commons

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Railway accidents and incidents in 1979 (1979)

* Apr 16 Paisley railway accident, United Kingdom
* Aug 28 Nijmegen train collision, Netherlands
* Sep 13 Stalać rail crash, Yugoslavia
* Oct 12 Harvey train collision, US
* Oct 22 Invergowrie rail accident, United Kingdom
* Nov 10 Mississauga train derailment, Canada

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Railway accidents in the Netherlands

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* Schiedam (August 1856)
* Warmond (August 1874)
* Vlissingen (June 1899)
* Capelle (November 1899)
* Twello (December 1900)
* Houten (June 1917)
* Weesp (September 1918)
* Rosmalen (December 1920)
* Voorschoten (September 1926)
* Sliedrecht (November 1942)
* Weesp (June 1953)
* Woerden (November 1960)
* Harmelen (January 1962)
* Duivendrecht (May 1971)
* Schiedam (May 1976)
* Goes (October 1976)
* Nijmegen (August 1979)
* Winsum (July 1980)
* Ruinerwold (January 1988)
* Hoofddorp (November 1992)
* Roermond (March 2003)
* Barendrecht (September 2009)
* Amsterdam Westerpark (April 2012)
* Dalfsen (February 2016)
* Oss (September 2018)
* Hooghalen (May 2020)
* Spijkenisse (November 2020)
* Voorschoten (April 2023)

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