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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 passenger trains in Lombardy. The company was established by the two main railway companies in Lombardy, Trenitalia and Ferrovie Nord Milano (FNM), to manage train oper ...
derailed in Pioltello
Pioltello ( lmo, Pioltell ) 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, Segra ...
when two of its carriages came off the track en route to Milan
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. The incident left 3 women dead and more than 100 people injured, of whom 46 needed medical assistance in hospital. 5 of them were in critical condition.
Accident
At about 7:00 local time
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, a passenger train was travelling from Cremona
Cremona (, also ; ; lmo, label= Cremunés, Cremùna; egl, Carmona) is a city and ''comune'' in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po river in the middle of the ''Pianura Padana'' ( Po Valley). It is the capital of th ...
to Milano Porta Garibaldi
Milano Porta Garibaldi is a major railway station in the Italian city of Milan, located just to the north of the neighbourhood known as ''Porta Garibaldi''. ''Porta Garibaldi'' is the city's main station for commuter traffic with 25 million passe ...
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 passenger trains in Lombardy. The company was established by the two main railway companies in Lombardy, Trenitalia and Ferrovie Nord Milano (FNM), to manage train oper ...
say that the train was travelling at normal speed when the derailment occurred. Witnesses say that the train trembled for a few minutes just before the accident.
Investigation
Italian police
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began an investigation into the possible cause of the accident and said that a problem with a track switch could be the reason why the derailment occurred. 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 four ...
, another derailment caused by a broken rail at a track joint.
References
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