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Harmelen Train Disaster Monument

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Harmelen Train Disaster Monument
Harmelen Train Disaster Monument
Harmelen Train Disaster Monument
Harmelen Train Disaster Monument
Harmelen Train Disaster Monument
Harmelen Train Disaster Monument
Harmelen Train Disaster Monument
Harmelen Train Disaster Monument
Harmelen Train Disaster Monument
Harmelen Train Disaster Monument
Harmelen Train Disaster Monument
Harmelen Train Disaster Monument
Harmelen Train Disaster Monument
Harmelen Train Disaster Monument
Harmelen Train Disaster Monument
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+31 6 53897113

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Harmelen, The Netherlands

The Harmelen train disaster was the worst railway accident in the history of the Netherlands on 8 January 1962. Harmelen, in the central Netherlands, is the location of a railway junction where a branch to Amsterdam leaves the Rotterdam to Utrecht line. It is common at high-speed junctions to avoid the use of diamond crossings wherever possible — instead a ladder crossing is employed where trains destined for the branch line cross over to the track normally employed for trains travelling in the opposite direction for a short distance before taking the branch line. The accident happened 1.5 year after the Warden train accident, the derailment of a British furlough train nearby. Previously the Weesp train disaster of 1918 had been the worst railway disaster in the Netherlands.
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