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Fire, flood or disaster · 09.01.1929

Night train collision at Rapla station

Rongide kokkupõrge Rapla jaamas

At 3.10 in the morning of 9 January 1929 the narrow-gauge passenger train No. 3 from Tallinn pulled into Rapla station. The pointsman had left switch No. 1 in the wrong position, and the train was sent onto track 3, where nine goods wagons loaded with pit props stood waiting. It was already slowing, but the driver saw the wagons only a couple of metres ahead. Five wagons were smashed, a passenger carriage damaged and one derailed, and the line was closed for nearly two hours. Rapla's old station building still stands beside today's tracks.

Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today

Eesti keeles

9. jaanuaril 1929 kell 3.10 öösel sõitis Rapla jaama Tallinnast tulev kitsarööpmeline reisirong nr. 3. Pöörmeseadja oli jätnud pöörme nr. 1 valesse asendisse ja rong suunati kolmandale teele, kus seisid üheksa propsidega laaditud kaubavagunit. Rong oli küll juba hoogu maha võtnud, kuid vedurijuht märkas vaguneid alles paari meetri kauguselt. Viis vagunit purunes, üks reisivagun sai vigastada ja üks jooksis rööbastelt maha; liiklus oli ligi kaks tundi suletud. Rapla vana jaamahoone seisab tänaste rööbaste kõrval siiani.

Map of the area around Night train collision at Rapla station
59.00450° N, 24.79350° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: Päevaleht, 10 January 1929, p. 1 (DIGAR) ↗

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