Stéblová train disaster
| Stéblová train disaster | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Details | |||
| Date | 14 November 1960 | ||
| Location | Stéblová | ||
| Coordinates | 50°05′21″N 15°45′03″E / 50.08917°N 15.75083°E | ||
| Country | Czechoslovakia | ||
| Operator | Czechoslovak State Railways | ||
| Incident type | Collision | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Trains | 2 | ||
| Deaths | 118 | ||
| Injured | 110 | ||
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The Stéblová train disaster was a railway accident that occurred on 14 November 1960 at 17:42 CET on a single-track railway in Stéblová in Eastern Bohemia, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic). At 17:42 CET, a passenger steam train 608 traveling at a speed of 55 km/h collided with a diesel railcar 653 traveling at a speed of 60 km/h. 118 people died as a result of the accident and 110 were badly injured. It remains the deadliest accident in the history of Czech railway transport.