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The Halle train collision (also known as the Buizingen train collision) was a collision between two trains in Buizingen, in the municipality of Halle, Flemish Brabant, Belgium, on 15 February 2010.〔. 〕〔.〕 The death toll was the highest for a rail accident in Belgium for over fifty years. ==Collision== The trains, carrying 250–300 people, collided in snowy conditions during the morning rush hour.〔〔.〕〔.〕 The collision occurred about 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) from Brussels, on the Brussels–Mons line (line 96).〔. 〕 According to a joint statement from the NMBS/SNCB (the Belgian national railway company) and Infrabel (the company responsible for Belgium's railway infrastructure), the trains appear to have collided "laterally" at a set of points at the exit of Halle station on the way to Brussels-North.〔. 〕〔.〕 One of the trains involved was a long-distance service travelling from Quiévrain station to Liège-Guillemins station, which had just left Halle station heading north. The other train was a local service travelling from Leuven station to Braine-le-Comte station, which had just left Buizingen station heading south. The collision resulted in the first two carriages of one train being forced upwards into the air over the first carriage of the second train.〔.〕 Eyewitnesses described the collision as "brutal", with passengers being thrown "violently" around the carriages. Train services were interrupted along the line where the collision happened.〔〔 A third train was traveling along a parallel line at the moment of the accident: it was not directly involved in the collision, and its driver managed to stop it without injuries to any of the passengers.〔〔. 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Halle train collision」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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