Hoofddorp train accident

Hoofddorp train accident

Aftermath of the Hoofddorp train accident
Date	30 November 1992
Time	7.15 (CET)
Location	Near Hoofddorp
Country	Netherlands
Operator	Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Cause	High speed due to insufficient communication with operator.
Statistics
Deaths	5[1]
Injuries	33

The Hoofddorp train accident in the Dutch municipality Haarlemmermeer took place on 30 November 1992. Whilst en route to Vlissingen a passenger train of the type Koploper derailed at about 7.15 near Hoofddorp. Five people were killed and 33 were wounded in the accident. Two days earlier an international train from Amsterdam to Paris derailed at nearly the same location.

Cause

People leaving the international train that derailed at nearly the same location two days earlier

At the site of the accident a temporary S-curve had been constructed because of railway works. In this S-curve the maximum speed had been reduced from 90 to 60 km/h because of repairs to the rails as a consequence of the derailment two days earlier. The investigation concluded that the operator had driven the train at a minimum speed of 106 km/h. He had not been aware of the speed limitation as he received insufficient information from the train dispatchers.^[1]

References

1. "Machinist: Ik wist niets van maximum snelheid - Ramptrein reed te snel bij Hoofddorp". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). February 27, 1993. p. 7. Retrieved January 4, 2012.

External links

• (Dutch) Rampen en ongevallen: Leermomenten voor de Overheid?, doctoral thesis of Hendriekje van der Meer (Leiden University), September 2006.^{This text mentions 32 wounded; other sources mention 33.}

Coordinates: 52°17′19″N 4°41′21″E / 52.28861°N 4.68917°E