1856 Schiedam train accident

Later, a signalling block system was installed and all trains were fitted with a tail lamp to prevent such accidents.

[7][6] In the evening of Sunday 10 August 1856, the second-last train from Amsterdam to Rotterdam of the Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij on the Amsterdam–Haarlem–Rotterdam railway departed with a delay from Den Haag Centraal Station.

[8] The first train stopped near Delfshaven after hitting a carriage on the tracks, but moved on after a few minutes.

[3] After the train had arrived in Rotterdam and the damage was seen, station manager mr. Roosdorp took a locomotive to the scene of the crash.

The dead and four seriously injured passengers were taken in a carriage of the last train, and were transported to Rotterdam Station where they arrived at 12:45 a.m. local time.

[11] Working with time intervals is not safe enough as a similar crash almost happened a month after the accident.

In September 1856, the directors of the railways were accused by the Arnhemsche Courant of carelessness after no new safety measures had been implemented.

[7][13][14] Eventually, a signalling block system was installed and all trains got a tail lamp.