After the train derailment Sunday evening in Basel, the Swiss accident investigation authority (Saib) the scene of the accident on Tuesday released. To ensure maintenance work are position to run; trains are there from Wednesday.
According to the SBB-media-blog several hundred metres of track facilities and the backup facilities because of the accident to repair. Professionals of SBB infrastructure and DB power have analysed after the release of the accident scene, the damage in detail and the repairs matched.
On a Track of the blocked two-track section between Baden Bahnhof and SBB train station to go as of Wednesday morning, the first trains, according to a blog entry from 14.30 o’clock. Previously, DB Netz must have a Department of the Deutsche Bahn – the battered backup systems repaired.
long-distance trains as of Wednesday morning
As the first to sail on Wednesday, the long-distance trains between Switzerland and Germany. Due to the limited capacity of trains from the fall of the mark in the regional traffic initially – specifically, only the S6 from Basel SBB to Zell (D), and this only by the hour is driving on that section.
Normally, the whole train traffic on the accident to the section according to the SBB Blog on Thursday to walk again, even if the second Track is again available. SBB media office issued on Tuesday a Communiqué on the resumption of regular operation.
The mishap happened when, on Sunday at 20.50 after passing the railway bridge over the Rhine, an ICE from Berlin went to a Soft suddenly a two-pronged approach: the power head on the right Track and the Rest on the left. That section is right next to the busy A2 motorway, from Germany.
Cross up in front of concrete wall
As the ICE, with around 240 passengers after about 800 meters came to a halt, was removed between the locomotive and the Zugrest across the gravel entrained first car, only twenty meters from a wall in a Tunnel. A SBB-chief of operations, spoke on Monday in front of the media because of a lot of “blessing in disguise”.
Since Monday, hourly Shuttle to stations, trains between those two Basel railway, with a hairpin in the middle yard. Connecting passengers can take the Shuttle, also the hardly slower Tram 2 by the city. Most of the trains that normally travel between Switzerland and Germany, currently. Individual trains, however, makes the DB, exceptionally, without a Stop at the train station SBB to Italy and Zurich, respectively.
The cause of the accident, the blog entry did not provide information. The Saib as an independent Covenant, to be responsible for this inquiry. On the Saib Homepage of this derailment was not indicated on Tuesday even as a new investigation – to the last derailment in Basel, Switzerland in 2017 (also an ICE) is not completed the investigation yet. (ms/sda)
Created: 19.02.2019, 15:49 PM
