| Nijmegen train disaster | |
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 The aftermath of the accident. | |
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| Details | |
| Date | 28 August 1979 |
| Coordinates | 51°49′55″N 5°50′16″E / 51.8320°N 5.8378°E |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Line | Tilburg–Nijmegen railway |
| Operator | Nederlandse Spoorwegen |
| Incident type | Head-on collision |
| Statistics | |
| Trains | 2 |
| Deaths | 8 |
| Injured | 36 |
The Nijmegen train disaster was a rail crash in the Netherlands in which two passenger trains—of which one did not contain passengers—collided head-on. The collision happened on 28 August 1979 between Wijchen and Nijmegen, near the Kolpingbuurt neighbourhood in Nijmegen on the railway line Tilburg to Nijmegen. Eight people died in the disaster,[1] seven passengers and the driver of train 4365. Thirty-six people were injured, including the conductor and driver of train 74363.
- ^ "Achtste slachtoffer treinramp Nijmegen". Leeuwarder Courant (in Dutch). September 4, 1979. Retrieved March 3, 2012.