Stéblová train disaster
1960 Czechoslovakian railway accident / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Stéblová train disaster was a railway accident that occurred on 14 November 1960 at 17:42 CET on a single-track railway in Stéblová in Eastern Bohemia, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic). At 17:42 CET, a passenger steam train 608 traveling at a speed of 55 km/h collided with a diesel railcar 653 traveling at a speed of 60 km/h. 118 people died as a result of the accident and 110 were badly injured.[1][2] It remains the deadliest accident in the history of Czech railway transport.[3]
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Date | 14 November 1960 (1960-11-14) | ||
Location | Stéblová | ||
Coordinates | 50°05′21″N 15°45′03″E | ||
Country | Czechoslovakia | ||
Operator | Czechoslovak State Railways | ||
Incident type | Collision | ||
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Trains | 2 | ||
Deaths | 118 | ||
Injured | 110 | ||
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