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140 [citation needed] Deaths. 1. Injured. 10 (4 serious) [citation needed] The Tiefencastel derailment occurred near the municipality of Tiefencastel, Switzerland, on 13 August 2014 when a passenger train travelling on the Albula Railway was struck by a landslide and derailed. Ten people were injured, four seriously, and 1 person died.
Rafz 20 February – Switzerland – Rafz train crash: An S-Bahn train and an Interregio express train collided at Rafz. [ 275 ] 24 February – United States – 2015 Oxnard train derailment : A Metrolink train hit a vehicle at Oxnard, California and derailed, [ 276 ] killing the train engineer and injuring 29 others.
Rafz train crash. Locomotive 460 087-0 was hauling the Interregio train. / 47.6034°N 8.5434°E / 47.6034; 8.5434. The Rafz train crash occurred at approximately 6.43 am on 20 February 2015. An S-Bahn and an Interregio express train collided at Rafz railway station in Rafz, Canton of Zürich, Switzerland.
4 October. Hong Kong – Two Light rail trains collided with each other due to human error, injuring three. [187] Poland – In Gdynia, two passenger trains collided with each other, five people were injured. [188] 11 October – India – In Bihar, a North East Express train derailed due to a fault in the train tracks.
At 18:50 CEST (16:50 UTC ), [1] two passenger trains were involved in a head-on collision at Granges-près-Marnand, Vaud, Switzerland, [2] on the Palézieux – Payerne line. [3] Initially, it was reported that up to 44 people were injured, [4] five seriously. [5] This was later revised to 25 injured. [6]
The train reached a maximum speed of 352 km/h (219 mph) on sections where the speed limit was 320 km/h (200 mph). As the train approached the flying junction in the commune of Vendenheim, it should have slowed from 352 to 176 km/h (219 to 109 mph) before reaching Kilometer Point (KP) 403.809, where the speed limit was 160 km/h (99 mph).
As of 2016, the Gotthard Base Tunnel is the longest railway tunnel in the world. It is the third Swiss tunnel to bear this title, after the Gotthard Tunnel (15 km or 9.3 mi, 1882) and the Simplon Tunnel (19.8 km or 12.3 mi, 1905). [ 27 ] It is the third tunnel built under the Gotthard, after the Gotthard Tunnel and the Gotthard Road Tunnel.
Ricken Tunnel railway accident. Categories: Railway accidents and incidents by country. Transport disasters in Switzerland. Rail transport in Switzerland. Railway accidents and incidents in Europe by country. Hidden category: Commons category link is on Wikidata.