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The Turenki rail accident occurred on 12 March 1940, at 05:28 local time (03:28 UTC) near Turenki, Finland, and remains the worst rail accident in Finnish history. A troop train carrying soldiers of the 71st Supply Company and horses south from Loimaa to Viipuri collided with a northbound freight train. The two trains were travelling at 40 km/h (25 mph) and 25–30 km/h (15–19 mph) respectively at the time of collision. The death toll was particularly high due to many troop carriages being crushed; the carriages had initially been located at the rear of the train but were moved to the front just behind the locomotive at Toijala as the train changed direction. Rescue operations were also delayed.

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rdfs:label	Turenki rail accident (en)
rdfs:comment	The Turenki rail accident occurred on 12 March 1940, at 05:28 local time (03:28 UTC) near Turenki, Finland, and remains the worst rail accident in Finnish history. A troop train carrying soldiers of the 71st Supply Company and horses south from Loimaa to Viipuri collided with a northbound freight train. The two trains were travelling at 40 km/h (25 mph) and 25–30 km/h (15–19 mph) respectively at the time of collision. The death toll was particularly high due to many troop carriages being crushed; the carriages had initially been located at the rear of the train but were moved to the front just behind the locomotive at Toijala as the train changed direction. Rescue operations were also delayed. (en)
name	Turenki rail accident (en)
dcterms:subject	Railway accidents in 1940 Accidents and incidents involving VR Group Railway accidents caused by signaller's error Railway accidents and incidents in Finland Train collisions in Finland 1940 in Finland
Wikipage page ID	70013605 (xsd:integer)
Wikipage revision ID	1070630784 (xsd:integer)
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Railway accidents in 1940 Riihimäki–Tampere railway VR Group Accidents and incidents involving VR Group Moscow Peace Treaty Railway accidents caused by signaller's error Railway accidents and incidents in Finland Loimaa Train collisions in Finland Winter War Toijala EEST Finland Finnish mark Helsinki 1940 in Finland Soviet Union Quintinshill rail disaster World War II UTC Viipuri Lists of rail accidents Turenki Harviala dbr:Iittala_rail_accident dbr:Putikko_rail_accident
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deaths	39 (xsd:integer)
cause	Signalling error (en)
country	Finland
date	1940-03-12 (xsd:date)
injuries	69 (xsd:integer)
line	Riihimäki–Tampere railway
location	between Turenki and Harviala (en)
location city	Helsinki
operator	VR Group
time	328.0 (second)
trains	2 (xsd:integer)
type	Train collision (en)
location dir	N (en)
has abstract	The Turenki rail accident occurred on 12 March 1940, at 05:28 local time (03:28 UTC) near Turenki, Finland, and remains the worst rail accident in Finnish history. A troop train carrying soldiers of the 71st Supply Company and horses south from Loimaa to Viipuri collided with a northbound freight train. The two trains were travelling at 40 km/h (25 mph) and 25–30 km/h (15–19 mph) respectively at the time of collision. The death toll was particularly high due to many troop carriages being crushed; the carriages had initially been located at the rear of the train but were moved to the front just behind the locomotive at Toijala as the train changed direction. Rescue operations were also delayed. The accident was caused by a signalling error; the signaller, who was still on probation and who had been awake for the past 36 hours, mistakenly cleared the freight train to pass Turenki north towards the Harviala railway station, even though the troop train had already passed the latter station which had been chosen as the place the two trains would pass each other. The signaller was sentenced to a two-year, one-month and ten-day prison sentence and to pay 30 000 Finnish marks in compensation. The accident went largely unreported, as the accident happened during World War II and on the same day that the Moscow Peace Treaty which ended the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union was signed and went into effect. It was one of three rail accidents to take place in Finland in March 1940; the on March 4 claimed 31 lives and the on March 18 claimed 14 lives. A memorial to those who lost their lives in the crash was unveiled at Turenki railway station in 2000. (en)
location dist km	95 (xsd:integer)
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foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf	wikipedia-en:Turenki_rail_accident
is Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage of	List of rail accidents (1940–1949)
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