The Gibalta rail accident occurred on 31 March 1952, on the
Linha de Cascais
The Cascais Line ( pt, Linha de Cascais) is a Portuguese railway line which connects the municipalities of Lisbon, Oeiras, and Cascais. The line starts in Lisbon, at Cais do Sodré and ends in Cascais. On the Lisbon urban trains' diagra ...
(''Cascais line'') in Portugal. It was a derailment due to landslides caused by adverse weather conditions and the bad conservation status of the surrounding land. The accident resulted in 10 dead and 38 injured.
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Derailments in Portugal
Railway accidents in 1952
1952 in Portugal
Oeiras, Portugal
March 1952 events in Europe