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* InterExpress 41008 ''Silesia'' [[Praha hl.n.]] - [[Warszawa Wschodnia]]<ref>[https://www.bazakolejowa.pl/index.php?dzial=rjp&str=5616 Baza Kolejowa: Rozkład Polska 1990-1991, Str. 938-939, Tab. 8 (in Polish)]</ref> |
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* Os 6114 Szklarska Poręba Górna - Warszawa Wschodnia<ref>[https://www.bazakolejowa.pl/index.php?dzial=rjp&str=5616 Baza Kolejowa: Rozkład Polska 1990-1991, Str. 938-939, Tab. 8 (in Polish)]</ref> |
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==Accident== |
==Accident== |
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At 6:20 am, InterExpress no. 41008 ''Silesia '' from [[Praha hl.n.]] to [[Warszawa Wschodnia railway station|Warszawa Wschodnia]] ran into the last carriage of train no. 6114 from Szklarska Poręba to Warszawa Wschodnia; there was a mist with very low visibility. The train from Szklarska was travelling at 12 mph (17 km/h) while InterExpress ''Silesia'' (with Tadeusz Mościcki as its driver) was travelling at nearly 75 mph (120 km/h). |
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Direct cause of the accident was passing signal at danger ([[signal passed at danger|SPAD]]) by Tadeusz Mościcki, engineer of [[Polish State Railways]]' ''Silesia Express'' no. 41008 from [[Praha hlavní nádraží|Prague Central Station]] to [[Warszawa Wschodnia]] railway station in a mist with very low visibility and overrode the last carriage of [[Szklarska Poręba]]-Warszawa Wschodnia PKP's stopping train no.6114. |
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Second train was travelling at 12 mph (17 km/h) while Mościcki was driving his 120-tonnes electric locomotive series [[ET22]] no. 1054 at nearly 75 mph (120 km/h). |
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==Investigation and aftermath== |
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==Aftermath== |
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| ⚫ | According to driver of train from Szklarska Poręba, block signal no. 94 showed a red signal, which orders to stop; however, because it was an [[Automatic block signalling|automatic block signal]], the driver could proceed after two minutes with maximum speed of 13 mph (20 km/h). Mościcki stated throughout the legal case, that the same block signal had showed green signal. There was no [[Automatic Train Protection|ATP]]-like system on PKP at that time. |
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Revision as of 10:23, 17 October 2020
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Ursus rail crash (Polish: Katastrofa kolejowa w Ursusie) was a major accident, which occurred at 6:20 a.m. on 20 August 1990 near the Warszawa Ursus railway station on the west side of Polish capital in which 16 people died and 43 were injured.
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| Date | 20 August 1990 6:20 am |
| Location | near Warszawa Ursus railway station |
| Country | Poland |
| Line | Warszawa Zachodnia - Katowice |
| Operator | Polish State Railways |
| Cause | Disputed
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| Deaths | 16 |
| Injured | 43 |
Accident
At 6:20 am, InterExpress no. 41008 Silesia from Praha hl.n. to Warszawa Wschodnia ran into the last carriage of train no. 6114 from Szklarska Poręba to Warszawa Wschodnia; there was a mist with very low visibility. The train from Szklarska was travelling at 12 mph (17 km/h) while InterExpress Silesia (with Tadeusz Mościcki as its driver) was travelling at nearly 75 mph (120 km/h).
From circa 80 passengers travelling in the last carriage of Szklarska's train, telescoped by Silesia locomotive, 15 were killed at the moment of collision and one gravely injured person died later in hospital. 43 people were injured.
Investigation and aftermath
Two commissions: one from Scientific Railroading Institute and Regional Laboratory of Automatic and another formed by members of National Labour Inspectorate never ruled with 100% certainty whether Mościcki passed signal at danger indeed or it was malfunction of signalling.
According to driver of train from Szklarska Poręba, block signal no. 94 showed a red signal, which orders to stop; however, because it was an automatic block signal, the driver could proceed after two minutes with maximum speed of 13 mph (20 km/h). Mościcki stated throughout the legal case, that the same block signal had showed green signal. There was no ATP-like system on PKP at that time.
Silesia driver was found not guilty of the accident because of lack of evidence that signal had a red aspect ("all stop" signal) which would inform that there would be a train on preceding rail block ("in dubio pro reo" rule – "when in doubt, for the accused"). He never returned to work in PKP.
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Sources
- J. Reszka, "Cześć, giniemy! Największe katastrofy w powojennej Polsce", wyd. PAP, 2001