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Tuesday, 26 December 2017 - 13:00
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Amsterdam trams derail after crash

Two Amsterdam trams derailed after colliding with each other on Bilderdijkstraat, near Kinkerstraat on Tuesday morning. Tram 12 and Tram 14 were involved in the collision, NU.nl reports.

No one was injured, but tram traffic was disrupted for some time. Municipal transit service GVB warns travelers to taken delays into account for the rest of the day.

GVB did an investigation at the scene, to find out why the trams collided. The investigation is now complete, but the cause of the collision is not yet clear, a spokesperson for the transit company said to NU.nl. The spokesperson doesn't expect a definitive answer by the end of the day.

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