Hoofddorp train accident

Hoofddorp train accident

Aftermath of the Hoofddorp train accident
Date 30 November 1992
Time 7.15 (CET)
Location Near Hoofddorp
Country Netherlands
Operator Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Cause High speed due to insufficient communication with operator.
Statistics
Deaths 5[1]
Injuries 33

The Hoofddorp train accident in the Dutch municipality Haarlemmermeer took place on 30 November 1992. Whilst en route to Vlissingen a passenger train of the type Koploper derailed at about 7.15 near Hoofddorp. Five people were killed and 33 were injured in the accident. Two days earlier an international train from Amsterdam to Paris derailed at nearly the same location.

Cause

People leaving the international train that derailed at nearly the same location two days earlier

At the site of the accident a temporary S-curve had been constructed because of railway works. In this S-curve the maximum speed had been reduced from 90 to 60 km/h because of repairs to the rails as a consequence of the derailment two days earlier. The investigation concluded that the operator had driven the train at a minimum speed of 106 km/h. He had not been aware of the speed limitation as he received insufficient information from the train dispatchers.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Machinist: Ik wist niets van maximum snelheid - Ramptrein reed te snel bij Hoofddorp". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). February 27, 1993. p. 7. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
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