Twello train accident

Coordinates: 52°14′17″N 6°6′0″E / 52.23806°N 6.10000°E

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Twello train accident
Twello railway station in 1900 (before the accident)
Details
Date	22 December 1900
Location	Twello railway station, Twello
Coordinates	52°14′17″N 6°6′0″E / 52.23806°N 6.10000°E / 52.23806; 6.10000
Country	Netherlands
Incident type	Head-to-head collision
Cause	Wrong set railroad switch
Statistics
Trains	2
Deaths	2
Injured	7 (5 seriously, 2 minor)

The Twello train accident was a railway accident on 22 December 1900 at 21:00 in front of the Twello railway station, Twello, in the Netherlands.^[1] The express train from Amsterdam (Sneltrein 238; pulled by an NS 1600) collided head-to-head with a regional train (Stoptrein 927; pulled by an NS 1600) from Almelo to Apeldoorn. Normally these trains pass each other at Bathmen, but due to a delay of the express train, the crossing was changed to Twello. The crash happened because the person who takes care of the railroad switch failed to set a switch, allowing two trains on the same track. The express train then collided with the stationary regional train.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] Two men from Deventer died. Five passengers were seriously injured and two conductors sustained minor injuries. Two station officials were sentenced in January 1901 to six weeks' imprisonment.^[6]

Gallery

A NS 1600 locomotive. A ~two year older version that pulled both trains

References

^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-11-24. Retrieved 2016-11-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "no title" (in Dutch). Goessche Courant. 25 December 1900. p. 2.
^ "no title" (in Dutch). Haarlem's Dagblad. 25 December 1900. p. 2. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
^ "no title" (in Dutch). De Rijnbode. 30 December 1900. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
^ "Het spoorwegongeluk bij Twello" (in Dutch). Vliegend blaadje : nieuws- en advertentiebode voor Den Helder. 29 December 1900. p. 1.
^ Jongerius, René (1993). Spoorwegongevallen in Nederland 1839-1993. Deel 22 in de boekenreeks van de NVBS (in Dutch). Schuyt & Co (Haarlem). ISBN 9060973410.

v t e Railway accidents in 1900 (1900)
Location and date	Slough, England (16 June) McDonough, Georgia, US (23 June) Tacoma Washington, US (4 July) Twello, the Netherlands (22 December)
1899 1901

Railway accidents in the Netherlands

Location
and date

Schiedam (August 1856)
Warmond (August 1874)
Vlissingen (June 1899)
Capelle (November 1899)
Twello (December 1900)
Houten (June 1917)
Weesp (September 1918)
Rosmalen (December 1920)
Voorschoten (September 1926)
Sliedrecht (November 1942)
Weesp (June 1953)
Woerden (November 1960)
Harmelen (January 1962)
Duivendrecht (May 1971)
Schiedam (May 1976)
Goes (October 1976)
Nijmegen (August 1979)
Winsum (July 1980)
Ruinerwold (January 1988)
Hoofddorp (November 1992)
Roermond (March 2003)
Barendrecht (September 2009)
Amsterdam Westerpark (April 2012)
Dalfsen (February 2016)
Oss (September 2018)
Hooghalen (May 2020)
Spijkenisse (November 2020)
Voorschoten (April 2023)

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