In the Gentofte train crash at Gentofte station, Denmark, on the island of Zealand, on 11 July 1897 an express train pulled by a DSB class CS (0-4-2) number 245 passed a signal cautioning danger and collided with a stationary passenger train waiting at the station.[1] There were 40 deaths and more than 100 people were injured.
in Gentofte municipality. Trains portal Architecture portal Denmark portal 1897Gentoftetraincrash List of railway stations in Denmark "Gentofte Station...
was the Clapham Junction rail crash due primarily to faulty wiring). To keep the network running, safety rules enable trains to pass signals that cannot...
been rare. The six most serious are: 1897: The Gentoftetraincrash. A delayed local train was hit by a special train. 40 were killed and 132 were injured...
December 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2013. "Gentofte Hospital eller Amtssygehuset i Gentofte" (in Danish). Gentofte Historie. Archived from the original on...
and Kræsten Iversen (1886–1955). On 22 August 1942 a V-1 flying bomb crashed on Bornholm during a test – the warhead was a dummy made of concrete. The...
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