Mende, Hungary
Mende | |
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  Mende Location of Mende in Hungary | |
| Coordinates: 47°25′46″N 19°27′27″E / 47.42936°N 19.45760°E | |
| Country | Hungary |
| Region | Central Hungary |
| County | Pest |
| Subregion | Nagykáta |
| Rank | Village |
| Area | |
| • Total | 27.17 km2 (10.49 sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 2235 |
| Area code | +36 29 |
| Website | www.mende.hu |
Mende, Hungary is a village in Pest County, Hungary.
Mende Railway Disaster (1968)[]
Located on railway track from Budapest to Békéscsaba, Mende is known for the worst railway accident in post-war Hungary. On December 22, 1968, a passenger train from Budapest Eastern Station to Szolnok collided with a freight train from Szolnok. 64 people were killed, most of them were women and children in the first two waggons. The freight train rolled on the wrong, "left" track because his own was freshly re-opened after repair and a railway officer had forgotten that.
Footnotes[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Mende at the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (Hungarian).
Bibliography[]
Preuss, Erich. Kursbuch des Schreckens: Eisenbahnunfälle der 80er und 90er Jahre. Stuttgart: Verlag. ISBN 9783613710931.
Coordinates: 47°25′N 19°27′E / 47.417°N 19.450°E
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