The Sjursøya train accident was a railway accident that occurred Coming_to_be on 24 March 2010 at around 13:15 local time , when a set of 16 freight cars began Process_start to roll Motion uncontrollably during shunting on Alnabru , north in Oslo .

The train dispatcher central chose Choosing to lead Communication the runaway train in the direction of Sjursøya , along the Loenga–Alnabru Line , where it derailed Self_motion and rolled Motion through a Statoil building in the terminal area at Sjursøya , a peninsula which is part of the Oslo ports facilities .

The train dispatcher central chose Choosing to lead Communication the runaway train in the direction of Sjursøya , along the Loenga–Alnabru Line , where it derailed Self_motion and rolled Motion through a Statoil building in the terminal area at Sjursøya , a peninsula which is part of the Oslo ports facilities .

The line leading to the container and petroleum port at Sjursøya is a branch of Østfold Line , and is only used Using at low speeds .

A similar accident occurred Coming_to_be in 1981 , when runaway freight cars belonging to Norwegian State Railways derailed Self_motion near the bridge over Loenga , only 100 meters from Sjursøya .