Gibalta rail accident
Gibalta rail accident | |
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Details | |
Date | 31 March 1952 11:45 WET (GMT+00:00) |
Location | Farol da Gibalta (Gibalta lighthouse) |
Country | Portugal |
Line | Linha de Cascais |
Operator | |
Incident type | Derailment |
Statistics | |
Trains | 1 |
Deaths | 10 |
Injured | 38 |
The Gibalta rail accident occurred on 31 March 1952, on the Linha de Cascais (Cascais line) in Portugal. It was a derailment due to landslides caused by adverse weather conditions and the bad conservation status of the surrounding land. The accident resulted in 10 dead and 38 injured.[1]
References[]
- ^ Gonçalves, Rogério de Oliveira (14 August 2008). "Grandes Sinistros" (in Portuguese). Associação Humanitária dos Bombeiros Voluntários de Paço de Arcos. Archived from the original on 21 October 2008. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
Categories:
- Derailments in Portugal
- Railway accidents in 1952
- 1952 in Portugal
- Oeiras, Portugal
- March 1952 events