Dudelange train collision

2017 Luxembourg Train Accident 2017 Dudelange train collisionWagons destroyed in the accidentDetailsDate14 February 2017 8:45LocationDudelangeCountryLuxembourgLineCFL Line 60OperatorCFL, SNCBIncident typeHead-on collisionStatisticsTrains2Deaths1Injured2 The 2017 Dudelange train collision occurred on the morning of 14 February 2017, near the town of Dudelange in Luxembourg, on the CFL Line 60 between Bettembourg and the French border. Two trains, a regional passenger train operated by the Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois (CFL) and a freight train operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium, collided head-on after the driver of the Luxembourgish train failed to slow in time for a signal displaying a stop aspect. The driver of the passenger train died and two others were injured. Collision The trains involved were a class 2200 electric multiple unit travelling from Luxembourg to Thionville, and a freight train consisting of two class 13 electric locomotives and 27 empty freight carriages. That morning the passenger train had left Luxembourg station at 8:29, running 2 minutes late, on a journey to Thionville in France. At 8:42 it made a scheduled stop at Bettembourg, where all pas