List of rail accidents in the Netherlands

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This is a list of railway accidents in the Netherlands, sorted chronologically.

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19th century

20th century

21st century

2000s

2010s

2020s

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Harmelen train disaster</span> 1962 railway accident in the Netherlands

The Harmelen train disaster, on 8 January 1962, was the worst railway accident in the history of the Netherlands. Harmelen, in the central Netherlands, is the location of a railway junction where a branch to Amsterdam leaves the Rotterdam to Utrecht line. It is common at high-speed junctions to avoid the use of diamond crossings wherever possible – instead a ladder crossing is employed where trains destined for the branch line cross over to the track normally employed for trains travelling in the opposite direction for a short distance before taking the branch line.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Leiden Centraal railway station</span> Railway station in Leiden, Netherlands

Leiden Centraal is the main railway station in Leiden, a city in the Netherlands.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Voorschoten railway station</span> Railway station in Voorschoten, South Holland, Netherlands

Voorschoten is a railway station in Voorschoten, South Holland, Netherlands.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sprinter Lighttrain</span> Dutch electric multiple unit

The Sprinter Lighttrain or SLT is an Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) train type operated by the Nederlandse Spoorwegen in the Netherlands. They were built from 2007 to 2012 by Bombardier (2400) and Siemens (2600). It is the successor of the Sprinter SGM train type.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1976 Schiedam train accident</span> 1976 train accident in the Netherlands

The Schiedam train disaster took place in the Netherlands on 4 May 1976 near the station Schiedam Rotterdam-West. The international Rhine Express boat train from Hook of Holland, which left for Munich and was hauled by NS Class 1300 electric locomotive no. 1311 Best collided with a train of the then new sprinter type, coming from Rotterdam. The collision caused the deaths of 24 people, five people were severely injured and dozens more had minor injuries.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1856 Schiedam train accident</span>

On 10 August, 1856 two passenger trains collided at the Amsterdam–Haarlem–Rotterdam railway near Delfshaven between Schiedam Centrum station and Rotterdam Centraal station, the Netherlands. Two carriages where destroyed with a third being severely damaged. Three passengers lost their lives and at least nine were injured.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Barendrecht train accident</span> 2009 fatal train collision near Barendrecht, Netherlands

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

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Amsterdam Westerpark train collision</span> 2012 train crash in the Netherlands

On 21 April 2012 at 18:30 local time, two trains were involved in a head-on collision at Westerpark, near Sloterdijk, in the west of Amsterdam, Netherlands. Approximately 117 people were injured, one of whom later died in hospital. The collision is thought to have been caused by the driver of one of the trains passing a red signal.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dalfsen train crash</span> 2016 level crossing collision in the Netherlands

The Dalfsen train crash occurred on 23 February 2016 when a passenger train collided with a tracked elevated work platform on a level crossing at Dalfsen, Overijssel, Netherlands. One person was killed and six were injured, one seriously.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Oss rail accident</span> 2018 train collision incident in the Netherlands

The Oss railway accident happened on 20 September 2018 when a passenger train collided with a Stint cart on a level crossing at Oss, North Brabant, Netherlands. Four children on the cart were killed, and two were seriously injured. Stint carts were subsequently banned from use on public roads in the Netherlands. An investigation into the cause of the accident is ongoing.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2023 Voorschoten train crash</span> Rail accident in South Holland, Netherlands

On 4 April 2023, a freight train and a passenger train collided with construction equipment obstructing the line at Voorschoten, South Holland, Netherlands. The passenger train was derailed. The operator of the crane was killed and 30 people were injured, 19 of whom were hospitalized.

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