April 2010 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in April 2010.
Events
- April 12
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– Merano train derailment: at 09:05 local time (07:05 UTC), a 2-car Stadler GTW train, operated by STA Südtiroler, derails after running into a landslide between Latsch and Kastelbell, near Merano, in Kastelbell-Tschars, Italy, causing nine deaths and injuring 28.[1][2]
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- April 21
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– A Rovos Rail luxury tourist train derails at Pretoria, South Africa. Three crew members are killed and many more are injured. The owner of Rovos Rail said that the train’s nineteen carriages were unhooked from the locomotive when they freewheeled out of control. Half of the 55 passengers were on board along with some of the thirty staff.[3] The dead include a woman and her baby, born moments after the derailment.[4] See also: 2010 Pretoria train accident
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- April 26
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– The newly constructed Fuxia Railway, connecting Fuzhou and Xiamen, opens in China. The 275-kilometre (171 mi) long line is part of the high-speed railway system connecting Shenzhen to Shanghai, and will see trains traveling up to 250 km/h (160 mph). The new line reduces travel time between Fuzhou and Xiamen from 11 hours to as little as 90 minutes.[5][6]
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References
- ↑ "Landslide derails train in Italy leaving nine dead". BBC News Online. April 12, 2010. Archived from the original on April 13, 2010. Retrieved April 12, 2010.
- ↑ Adetunji, Jo (April 12, 2010). "Passengers killed as Italian landslide derails train". The Guardian (London). Archived from the original on April 14, 2010. Retrieved April 13, 2010.
- ↑ Thom, Liezl; Nicolaides, Gia (April 21, 2010). "Two dead in luxury train accident". Eyewitness News. Retrieved April 21, 2010.
- ↑ "Rovos Rail train derails in South Africa: Two dead". BBC News. April 21, 2010. Archived from the original on April 25, 2010. Retrieved April 21, 2010.
- ↑ 福厦高铁正式开通运营 打造绿色环保"快车道". Xinhua (in Chinese). April 26, 2010. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
- ↑ "East China's Fujian opens high-speed railway link". Xinhua. April 26, 2010. Archived from the original on April 29, 2010. Retrieved May 4, 2010.