List of rail accidents in Yugoslavia
This is a list of rail accidents in Yugoslavia.
List
[edit]| Accident | Date | Killed | Injured | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zagreb train disaster | 30 August 1974 | 153 | 60 | An express train (number 10410)[1] traveling from Belgrade, Yugoslavia, to Dortmund, West Germany, derailed before entering Zagreb Main Station, Croatia, killing 153 people.[2][3] It was the worst rail accident in Yugoslavia's history till then[4] and remains one of the worst in Europe's history.[5] |
| Stalać rail crash | 13 September 1979 | 60[6] | 100[7][8] | a head-on collision occurred between two trains near the village of Stalać, Ćićevac in the Serbia. The crash involved a head-on collision between a packed Express passenger train bound for Skopje[6] and an intermodal freight train on a single-track section of the railway. Due to communication errors and possible driver fatigue[6] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Batinica, Mila (21 December 2009). "Prije 35 godina 150 mrtvih na kolodvoru – Jutarnji.hr" (in Croatian). Jutarnji list. Archived from the original on 10 February 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ^ Handabaka, Antonija (15 February 2010). "Najveće željezničke nesreće: U Zagrebu je poginulo 153 ljudi – Jutarnji.hr" (in Croatian). Jutarnji list. Archived from the original on 10 February 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ^ ""Zagrebačka noć užasa": Obilježava se godišnjica stravične željezničke nesreće na Glavnom kolodvoru – Vijesti.net – Index.hr" (in Croatian). Index.hr. 30 August 2012. Archived from the original on 10 February 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ^ Browne, Malcolm W. (1 September 1974). "Yugoslays Mourn 150 Killed in Zagreb Train Crash". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
...It was a day of national mourning in Yugoslavia, in memory of those killed in the worst Yugoslav train disaster on record....
- ^ McMahon, Aine. "Timeline: Worst train disasters in Europe". The Irish Times. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- ^ a b c Semmens 1994, pp. 206–207.
- ^ Washington Post staff (22 December 2023). "60 Killed in Yugoslav Train Crash". Washington Post. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
- ^ "World News Briefs". The New York Times. Reuters. 14 Sep 1979. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
Sources
[edit]- Semmens, Peter (1994). Railway Disasters of the World: Principal Passenger Train Accidents of the 20th Century. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-323-2.