The Tiefencastel derailment occurred near the municipality of Tiefencastel, Switzerland, on 13 August 2014 when a passenger train travelling on the Albula Railway was struck by a landslide and derailed.

[2] Of the seven-coach train, one carriage was left almost at right angles to the track down an embankment, and two others were derailed.

[7] In a twelve-hour period before the accident, rainfall was recorded at a 50-60 litres per square metre, about half the average rainfall for the month of August in the area, according to a statement by MeteoSwiss.

On that date, six people remained in hospital with injuries described as "non life threatening".

[4][needs update] Other instances of trains actually being struck by falling rocks and being derailed include -