Jokela rail accident [SEP] point in time
Jokela rail accident
The Jokela rail accident occurred on 21 April 1996, at 07:08 local time (04:08 UTC) in Tuusula, Finland, approximately north of Helsinki. Four people were killed and 75 injured when express train P82 from Oulu, bound for Helsinki, derailed in heavy fog. The overnight sleeper train was carrying 139 passengers and five crew members. The engine overturned and eight of the twelve carriages derailed. The official investigation into the accident revealed that the accident was due to overspeeding through a slow-speed turnout.
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See also.
- Jokela rail crash - similar overspeed accident in Finland
- Colwich rail crash - overspeed through turnout, signal aspects a factor
- Lists of rail accidents
Further reading.
- "Accident at Milton on 20th November 1955"