This railway accident at the port of Piombino on 31 July 1983 happened when the Freccia dell'Elba train was heading towards the Piombino Marittima station. Approaching this it failed to correctly perform the braking operation, impacted with the buffer stop placed on the dock at the end of the tracks, knocked it down and went into the sea. The front electro power car ALe 840 was completely submerged, followed by the hauled trailer Le 800.005 (shown) which was partially submerged in the water, remaining poised on the edge of the pier; the rest of the trainset, made up of another towed vehicle and the tail power car, remained on the dock and were severely damaged by the impact. Luckily the accident caused no injuries: the train was devoid of passengers and the crew managed to escape by jumping off the moving train.
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