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Schiedam Schiedam () is a city and municipality in the west of the Netherlands. It is located in the Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan area, west of Rotterdam, east of Vlaardingen, and south of Delft. In the south the city is connected with the village ...

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Nederlandse Spoorwegen Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS; ; en, "Dutch Railways") is the principal passenger railway operator in the Netherlands. It is a Dutch state-owned company founded in 1938. The Dutch rail network is one of the busiest in the European Union, and the ...

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and the driver of ''Stoptrein'' 4116,
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''Stoptrein'' 4116 , passengers = , deaths = 24{{cite news , url=http://kranten.kb.nl/view/article/id/ddd%3A010460254%3Ampeg21%3Ap001%3Aa0006 , title=Ramp Schiedam 24 omgekomen , page=1 , work=Amigoe di Curacao , date=May 5, 1976 , accessdate=December 1, 2011, language=nl , injuries = several tens, 5 severe , damage = , map = , map_name = , map_state = The Schiedam train disaster took place in the

on 4 May 1976 near the station Schiedam Rotterdam-West.{{cite news , url=http://kranten.kb.nl/view/article/id/ddd%3A010460253%3Ampeg21%3Ap001%3Aa0001 , title=Treinramp bij Schiedam , page=1 , work=Amigoe di Curacao , date=May 4, 1976 , accessdate=December 1, 2011, language=nl{{cite news , url=http://www.rijnmond.nl/nieuws/04-05-2011/de-treinramp-van-schiedam-35-jaar-later , title=De treinramp van Schiedam, 35 jaar later , work=RTV Rijnmond , date=May 4, 2011 , accessdate=December 1, 2011, language=nl The international Rhine Express boat train (D-train D215) from

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, which left for

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and was hauled by NS Class 1300 electric locomotive no. 1311 ''Best'' collided with a train of the then new sprinter type,{{cite news , url=http://www.archiefleeuwardercourant.nl/vw/article.do?id=LC-19760504-1003&vw=org&lm=treinramp%2Cschiedam , title=Bij treinramp zeker 20 reizigers omgekomen , work=Leeuwarder Courant , date=May 4, 1976 , accessdate=December 4, 2011, language=nl (

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2008 of ''Stoptrein'' 4116) coming from

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N ...

. The collision caused the deaths of 24 people (in the forward carriage of the 2008), 5 severe casualties and several tens of less severely injured. The disaster was the second major train crash near Schiedam, following the first major train accident in the Netherlands, which happened on 10 August 1856 and caused 3 deaths.{{cite news , url=http://www.archiefleeuwardercourant.nl/vw/article.do?id=DVHN-20040501-DW01006004&vw=org&lm=treinramp%2Cschiedam , title=Eerste treinramp met doden ook bij Schiedam , page=6 , work=Dagblad van het Noorden , date=May 1, 2004 , accessdate=December 2, 2011, language=nl

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