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On 25 January 2018, a commuter train operated by
At about 7:00
Trenord
Trenord is a railway company which is responsible for the operation of regional and suburban passenger trains mainly in Lombardy. The company was established by the two main railway companies in Lombardy, Trenitalia and Ferrovie Nord Milano (FNM ...
derailed in Pioltello
Pioltello ( ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan.
Pioltello borders the following municipalities: Cernusco sul Naviglio, Vimodrone, Segrate, Rodano, ...
when two of its carriages came off the track en route to Milan
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. The incident left three women dead and more than 100 people injured, of whom 46 needed medical assistance in hospital. Five of them were in critical condition.
Accident
At about 7:00 local time
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, a passenger train was travelling from Cremona
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to Milano Porta Garibaldi when two of the carriages derailed and came to a rest at an angle.
The accident occurred between the Pioltello-Limito station and the Segrate station.
Train operator Trenord
Trenord is a railway company which is responsible for the operation of regional and suburban passenger trains mainly in Lombardy. The company was established by the two main railway companies in Lombardy, Trenitalia and Ferrovie Nord Milano (FNM ...
said that the train was travelling at normal speed when the derailment occurred. Witnesses said that the train experienced vibrations for a few minutes before the accident.
Investigation
Italian police
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began an investigation into the accident and said that a problem with a track switch could have caused the derailment. A broken rail on a section of jointed track from the crash site was later identified as the cause of the derailment. That section of track was scheduled for replacement.
See also
*Hither Green rail crash
On 5 November 1967, a busy Sunday evening train service from to derailed near the Hither Green maintenance depot in London, between and railway stations. Of the twelve coaches, many full of standing passengers, eleven were derailed and fou ...
, another derailment caused by a broken rail at a track joint.
References
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