| Lebus train collision | |
|---|---|
 Former Booßen railway station, with the disused station building in the background. | |
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| Details | |
| Date | 27 June 1977 20:41 CET (21:21 UTC) |
| Location | Booßen, Brandenburg |
| Coordinates | 52°22′20″N 14°29′11″E / 52.37222°N 14.48639°E |
| Country | German Democratic Republic |
| Line | Küstrin-Kietz-Frankfurt (Oder) railway[1] |
| Operator | East German railway |
| Incident type | Head-on collision |
| Cause | Human error |
| Statistics | |
| Trains | 2 |
| Passengers | 200+[2] |
| Deaths | 29 |
| Injured | 7 |
| List of German rail accidents | |
On 27 June 1977, a head-on collision occurred between two trains Booßen railway station in Lebus, in then East Germany. The resulting head-on collision between two trains killed 29 people.[3]
- ^ S, Max (4 March 2021). "Wrong Place, Out of Time: The 1977 Lebus Train Collision". Medium. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ "Lebensretter: The 1977 Lebus Train Accident". Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk. 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ Böhmer, Gerd. "The history of the DR and DB from 1945". www.gerdboehmer-berlinereisenbahnarchiv.de. Retrieved 13 November 2024.