Barendrecht train accident

The Barendrecht train accident involved the collision between two freight trains on 24 September 2009 near Barendrecht, Netherlands. One of the drivers was killed, the other was seriously injured.

Barendrecht train accident
Damaged train from the accident
Details
Date	24 September 2009
Location	Barendrecht
Country	Netherlands
Line	Betuweroute and Breda–Rotterdam railway
Operator	DB Schenker, ERS Railways, NS Hispeed and NS Reizigers
Incident type	Collision
Statistics
Trains	4
Passengers	175
Deaths	1
Injured	2
Partial route map of Breda–Rotterdam railway km to Breda 29.5 Dordrecht River Oude Maas 31.5 Zwijndrecht to Betuweroute Kijfhoek on HSL-Zuid to Antwerpen-Centraal 39.1 Barendrecht Crash site; to Betuweroute 42.2 Rotterdam Lombardijen 44.0 Rotterdam Stadion 45.1 Rotterdam Zuid to Rotterdam Centraal

Description

On 24 September 2009 NS Class 6400 locomotives Nos. 6415 and 6514 were involved in a head-on collision with an EMD 66 locomotive of ERS (No. 6616) near Barendrecht close to the point the line passes under the A15 motorway. One of the drivers was killed, the other seriously injured. Further collision with a passenger train was avoided when the driver braked heavily, though some passengers were injured.[1][2] In March 2010 both the locomotives 6415 and 6514 were scrapped.[3] The cause of the accident was found to be partly due to a heart condition of one of the train drivers, and it was thought likely that the driver passed a red signal due to illness; additionally the automatic halting system on the track was of an outdated type.[4][5]

See also

• Lists of rail accidents

References

1. "Dode bij treinbotsing Barendrecht". NRC Handelsblad (in Dutch). 25 September 2009. Archived from the original on 27 September 2009. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
2. Opruimen treinongeluk duurt nog dagen. nos.nl (in Dutch). Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. 25 September 2009. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014.
3. "Somda nieuws goederenvervoer, 2 jan 2011, Goederentreinen" [SOMDA news – 2 January 2011, freight trains] (in Dutch). somda.nl. section : DBSRN (DB Schenker Rail Netherlands). Archived from the original on 3 March 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
4. "Machinist Barendrecht had hartkwaal", nos.nl (in Dutch), 24 November 2010
5. Botsing tussen twee goederentreinen en een passagierstrein, 24 september 2009 Barendrecht (in Dutch), onderzoeksraad.nl, 18 January 2011