Neuhausen railway station

Neuhausen
Location Bahnhofstrasse
Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Schaffhausen
Switzerland
Coordinates 47°40′58″N 8°37′33″E / 47.682899°N 8.625855°E / 47.682899; 8.625855Coordinates: 47°40′58″N 8°37′33″E / 47.682899°N 8.625855°E / 47.682899; 8.625855
Elevation 397 m (1,302 ft)
Owned by Swiss Federal Railways
Operated by Swiss Federal Railways
THURBO
Line(s) Eglisau to Neuhausen line
Rheinfall line
Services
Preceding station   Swiss rail network   Following station
Andelfingen   Zurich S-Bahn
S16 line
   Schaffhausen
Jestetten   Zurich S-Bahn
S22 line
   Schaffhausen
Schloss Laufen am Rheinfall   Zurich S-Bahn
S33 line
   Schaffhausen
Location
Neuhausen
Location within Switzerland

Neuhausen is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Schaffhausen and municipality of Neuhausen am Rheinfall. The station is located at the junction of the Rheinfall line and the Eglisau to Neuhausen line, and is served by Zurich S-Bahn lines S16, S22 and S33.[1][2][3]

Collision

Rheinfall Station train collision
Date 10 January 2013
Location Neuhausen am Rheinfall
Country Switzerland
Type of incident Train collision
Statistics
Trains 2
Deaths 0
Injuries 17

A train collision occurred on Thursday 10 January 2013, at 8:47 CET[4] on the Winterthur-Schaffhausen line, about 250 meters away from the station. Two trains, the S33 and the S11, collided head-on and derailed. Initial reports stated that 17 people had been injured. This figure was later changed to 26.[5] Nine had to be taken to hospital, but there were no serious injuries. Among the people hospitalised were the two drivers.

References

  1. ↑ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
  2. ↑ "S-Bahn trains, buses and boats" (PDF). ZVV. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
  3. ↑ Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. p. 3. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  4. ↑ "'Thurbo' bei Crash 20 Meter zurückgeschoben". Blick (in German). 10 January 2013.
  5. ↑ "Zugunfall hätte verhindert werden können". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). 17 January 2013.

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