The Schiedam train disaster took place in the
Netherlands on 4 May 1976 near the station
Schiedam Rotterdam-West.[2][3] The international Rhine Express boat train (D-train D215) from
Hook of Holland, which left for
Munich and was hauled by
NS Class 1300 electric locomotive no. 1311 Best collided with a train of the then new
sprinter type,[4] (
trainset 2008 of Stoptrein 4116) coming from
Rotterdam. The collision caused the deaths of 24 people[1] (in the forward
carriage of the 2008), five people were severely injured and dozens more had minor injuries.
The disaster was the second major train crash near Schiedam, following the
first major train accident in the Netherlands, which happened on 10 August 1856 and caused three deaths.[5]
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