Dudelange train collision

2017 Dudelange train collision
Wagons destroyed in the accident
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Details
Date14 February 2017
8:45
LocationDudelange
CountryLuxembourg
LineCFL Line 60
OperatorCFL, SNCB
Incident typeHead-on collision
Statistics
Trains2
Deaths1
Injured2

The 2017 Dudelange train collision occurred on the morning of 14 February 2017, near the town of Dudelange in Luxembourg, on the CFL Line 60 between Bettembourg and the French border. Two trains, a regional passenger train operated by the Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois (CFL) and a freight train operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium, collided head-on after the driver of the Luxembourgish train failed to slow in time for a signal displaying a stop aspect. The driver of the passenger train died and two others were injured.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Investigation reveals causes of Bettembourg fatal train crash". Luxembourg Times. 2017-12-11. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
  2. ^ "Bettembourg: Five years after fatal railway accident". today.rtl.lu. Retrieved 2022-12-31.

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