Denver train crash | |
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Details | |
Date | 28 April 2015 07:10 |
Location | Denver station, Johannesburg |
Coordinates | 26°12′21″S 28°05′49″E / 26.20583°S 28.09694°E |
Country | South Africa |
Line | Johannesburg - Pretoria |
Operator | Metrorail Gauteng |
Incident type | Rear-end collision |
Cause | SPAD, Overspeeding[1] |
Statistics | |
Trains | 2 |
Passengers | 900 |
Deaths | 1 |
Injured | ~240 |
Damage | R17.5 million |
The Denver train crash occurred on 28 April 2015 when a passenger train ran into the rear of another at Denver station, Johannesburg, South Africa. One person was killed and about 240 were injured. Damages were R 17.5 million ($1.4M, €1.3M, or £960k as of May 2015).[1]