Burgrain train derailment
| Garmisch-Partenkirchen train derailment | |
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| Details | |
| Date | 3 June 2022 12:15 CEST (11:15 UTC) |
| Location | Burgrain |
| Coordinates | 47°30′52″N 11°06′27″E / 47.51445°N 11.10757°E |
| Country | Germany |
| Line | Munich–Garmisch-Partenkirchen railway (KBS 960) |
| Incident type | Derailment |
| Statistics | |
| Trains | 1 |
| Deaths | at least 4 |
| Injured | 30+ |
On 3 June 2022, a double decker regional train derailed north of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, near Burgrain on the Munich–Garmisch-Partenkirchen railway in southern Germany.[1][2] As of 3 June 2022[update], four people are known to have died and at least 30 passengers injured.[3][2]
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Three passenger carriages derailed at a curve near Loisachauen in the Burgrain district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen,[4] between Garmisch-Partenkirchen station and Farchant station. The carriages slide down an embankment next to the junction where the Bundesstraße 23 and Bundesstraße 2 roads combine to enter the Farchant Tunnel.
The accident took place on the last Friday before the Pentecost holiday, meaning there were a lot of children on the train.[5]
Response
Soldiers travelling on board the train were able to provide first aid.[5] The location of derailment directly next to a main road allowed bringing emergency vehicles in quickly.[5] Six rescue helicopters attended.[6] Lightly injured people were taken to a local building for care.[6] Train services were suspended between Oberau station and Garmisch-Partenkirchen station.[6]
See also
- Garmisch-Partenkirchen train collision (1995), a different rail accident, in 1995.
- Eschede derailment (1998), another rail accident that also occurred on 3 June.
References
- ^ "At least three dead as train derails in Alps in southern Germany". The Guardian. 2022-06-03. Retrieved 2022-06-03.
train has derailed in the Alps in southern Germany, leaving at least three people dead … The line between Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Oberau, north of the accident site, has been closed.
- ^ a b "Bavaria train crash: At least four killed in German rail accident". BBC News. 2022-06-03. Retrieved 2022-06-03.
At least four people were killed and about 30 injured when a train derailed in Germany's south-eastern state of Bavaria, police say.
- ^ "Tote und Schwerverletzte bei Zugunglück". Tagesschau (in German). 2022-06-03. Retrieved 2022-06-03.
Zugunglück im oberbayerischen Landkreis Garmisch-Partenkirchen sind laut Polizei mindestens drei Menschen ums Leben gekommen. Zudem würden insgesamt 60 Personen mit Verletzungen behandelt, 16 davon mit schweren … Der vollbesetzte Zug war von Garmisch in Richtung München unterwegs und entgleiste bei Burgrain.
- ^ "Zug entgleist bei Garmisch-Partenkirchen – mehrere Tote" [Train derailment at Garmisch-Partenkirchen ‒ multiple deaths]. Der Spiegel (in German). 2022-06-03. Retrieved 2022-06-03.
von Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Richtung München unterwegs. Das Unglück ereignete sich ersten Angaben zufolge gegen 12.15 Uhr im Gemeindeteil Burgrain in den Loisachauen.
- ^ a b c "Tote und Schwerverletzte bei Zugunglück" [Dead and seriously injured in train accident]. Tagesschau (in German). 2022-06-03. Retrieved 2022-06-03.
- ^ a b c "Mindestens drei Tote bei Zugunglück in Oberbayern" [At least three killed in train accident in Upper-Bavaria] (in German). 2022-06-03. Retrieved 2022-06-03.
sechs Rettungshubschrauber im Einsatz, drei davon vom ADAC. … Erste Leichtverletzte seien geborgen. Sie würden in einem nahegelegenen Gebäude gesammelt. … Züge aus Richtung München wenden vorzeitig in Oberau. Aus Richtung Mittenwald wenden die Züge vorzeitig in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
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