Zoufftgen train collision

2006 Zoufftgen train collision
Area around the collision
Details
Date11 October 2006
11:45 am
LocationZoufftgen, Lorraine
CountryFrance
LineMetz–Luxembourg railway, France
OperatorCFL, SNCF
Incident typeHead-on collision
CauseHuman error – traffic controllers
Statistics
Trains2
Deaths6
Injured20

The 2006 Zoufftgen train collision occurred around 11.45 am on 11 October 2006, near Zoufftgen, Moselle, France, some 20 metres from the border with Luxembourg, on the Metz–Luxembourg railway line. Two trains collided head-on while one track of a double track line was out of service for maintenance. Six people, including the drivers of both trains, were killed: two Luxembourgers and four French. Twenty more were injured in the collision, two seriously.