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Coordinates: 7°37′06″E. The locomotive in the river. The Münchenstein rail disaster on 14 June 1891 was historically the worst railway accident ever to affect Switzerland. [1] A crowded passenger train fell through a girder bridge, killing more than seventy people and injuring many others. The accident occurred on the railway line between ...
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. Accident The S-Bahn train was formed by a Class 514 electric multiple unit 514 046-2.
Accident. 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]
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.
The tunnel entrance is visible in the background. On 11 November 2000, a fire in the tunnel of Gletscherbahn Kaprun 2 funicular in Kaprun, Austria, killed 155 people. The cause was traced to a faulty fan heater. Most of the victims were skiers on their way to the Kitzsteinhorn Glacier. To date, this incident remains the deadliest rail disaster ...
R. 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.
6 October – Switzerland – Two trains collided at Olten, injuring two people. [90] 7 October – United States – 26 cars of a 131-car Iowa Interstate Railroad freight train derailed and exploded near Tiskilwa in Bureau County, Illinois, approximately 160 kilometres (99 mi) west of Chicago. 800 people were evacuated.
The construction and operation of Swiss railways during the 19th century was carried out by private railways. The first internal line was a 16 km line opened from Zürich to Baden in 1847. By 1860 railways connected western and northeastern Switzerland. The first Alpine railway to be opened was under the Gotthard Pass in 1882.