Lausanne derailment (1994)
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The Lausanne derailment of 1994 took place in July 1994 in the Swiss city of Lausanne
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15 tank wagons were derailed
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Lausanne
Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva . It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west...
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15 tank wagons were derailed
Derailment
A derailment is an accident on a railway or tramway in which a rail vehicle, or part or all of a train, leaves the tracks on which it is travelling, with consequent damage and in many cases injury and/or death....
, and chemicals spilled.