Dozens Injured as Trains Collide in Amsterdam
Trains Collide in Amsterdam/© AFP/ EVERT ELZINGA/23:03 21/04/2012
MOSCOW, April 21 (RIA Novosti)
At
least 48 people were injured when two passenger trains collided near
Amsterdam's Sloterdijk railway station on Saturday, DutchNews web-portal
reported.
It is unclear if anyone has been seriously injured although several passengers have broken bones. About 40 of those injured were in a slow train to Uitgeest. The other train was a fast service from Den Helder to Nijmegen, the news portal reported.
The Dutch railway authorities temporarily closed a railway line to the west of Amsterdam, including railway link with the city's core airport, Schiphol. The disruption is expected to last the rest of the day, track operator ProRail said.
The reasons of the collision have not been clarified yet.
It is unclear if anyone has been seriously injured although several passengers have broken bones. About 40 of those injured were in a slow train to Uitgeest. The other train was a fast service from Den Helder to Nijmegen, the news portal reported.
The Dutch railway authorities temporarily closed a railway line to the west of Amsterdam, including railway link with the city's core airport, Schiphol. The disruption is expected to last the rest of the day, track operator ProRail said.
The reasons of the collision have not been clarified yet.
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