Railway accident on Storebæltsbro

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Map; the accident occurred on the west bridge
Road on the west bridge, direction ONO, in the background the high bridge

During the railway accident on the Storebæltsbro on the morning of 2 January 2019, parts of the cargo from a freight train that had come loose from its anchorage collided with a passenger train of the Danish State Railways on the west bridge of the Storebæltsbro . Eight people died and 16 were also injured. It is the worst railway accident in Denmark since the Sorø railway accident on April 25, 1988.

Starting position

Infrastructure

The Storebæltsbro railway and road bridge between Funen and Sprogø crosses the western part of the Great Belt . The railway line is double-track and electrified . The bridge is equipped with two wind measuring points .

Trains

The InterCityLyn 210 long-distance train was on its way from Aarhus H to Copenhagen Airport . It was formed from two sets of the MG series (IC 4). There were 131 passengers and three DSB employees on the train. Shortly before the accident , he had driven onto the west bridge of Storebæltsbro.

Block train 9233 operated by DB Cargo Scandinavia from Høje Taastrup to Fredericia was in the opposite direction . The train was supported by a Traxx locomotive pulled and consisted of double pocket wagons , the semi-trailer had invited, in turn, with empties the Carlsberg brewery were loaded or empty road and therefore relatively easy. The train is also known as the Øltog . He was traveling at about 100 km / h.

weather condition

There was a strong wind due to the Alfrida storm . In the area of ​​the bridge there were gusts of wind with a wind speed of 20-21 m / s (approx. 75 km / h). For this reason, truck traffic on the parallel street had been stopped the evening before, and car traffic had been suspended since morning.

At the time of the accident it was still dark.

Special operating conditions

The automatically controlled safety system on the bridge specified that at wind speeds of up to 21 m / s in a 10-minute average, freight trains were signaled to a maximum speed of 80 km / h . Freight trains stopped operating at wind speeds of 25 m / s (90 km / h). For passenger trains, the maximum permissible speed was still 180 km / h in this case. The limit values ​​were set by Banedanmark and have been in place since May 2018 when they were tightened.

the accident

Since the measured wind speed was still just below the value set for it, the freight train was not signaled a reduced maximum speed of 80 km / h. He drove the bridge at about 120 km / h. The driver of the passenger train had, because the cars shook violently in the storm, reduced the speed of his own accord to 100 to 120 km / h. At around 7:30 a.m., both trains crossed the bridge in the opposite direction. Shortly before the train encounter, the wind pushed the foremost semi-trailer out of its bracket and into the clearance profile of the oncoming passenger train. The driver of the ICL observed in the oncoming freight train in the dark sparks and led to 7:29:28 pm, a quick braking one. During the train encounter, the detached semi-trailer tore open the front and the side of the front part of the first MG double unit. None of the vehicles involved derailed .

consequences

Immediate consequences

Eight people were killed and 16 others injured in the railway accident . Seven of the fatalities were on the ripped open left side of the vehicle in front, one man was killed further back in the train by flying parts. The driver had thrown aside and survived. The overhead line of the track used by the passenger train was damaged over a distance of 500 m and that of the second track over 200 m.

The road and train traffic was stopped.

Continue

The road connection was opened again at 10:52 a.m. Rail replacement traffic took the place of canceled trains.

At 4 p.m. on the day of the accident, road traffic to the west had to be closed again as long queues of curious people had formed. 40 drivers were fined on site for taking photos of the scene of the accident with mobile phones.

Train operations were resumed on January 3, 2019 - initially on a single track. The first train was the IC 833, which left Østerport station at 8:20 a.m. Around 5 p.m., the daytime single-track operation should be resumed on both tracks.

DB Cargo Scandinavia moved the transport service normally provided by the Øltog (three journeys per week) to the road until the cause of the accident was clarified.

The Trafik-, Bygge og Boligstyrelsen ( German  authority for transport, construction and housing ) prohibited traffic with pocket wagons of all types on January 8, 2019. This was lifted for individual transport companies as soon as they were able to present a documentation system with which it was verified that it was checked in each individual case that the kingpin of the semi-trailer is properly engaged in the corresponding anchorage of the pocket wagon. From January 11, 2019, Hector Rail and from January 15, 2019 CFL Cargo and TX Logistik were able to resume transporting the pocket wagons.

In March 2019, due to the accident , the European Union initiated an urgent procedure to ensure the safety of truck trailers on pocket wagons. The aim is to identify ways of reducing risk within two months, if possible without restricting combined transport .

Changed operating conditions

As a result of this accident, the safety regulations for train journeys via Storebæltsbro were tightened on January 8, 2019:

  • The following applies to freight trains: In cross winds of up to 15 m / s (approx. 55 km / h) in a 10-minute average, there are no restrictions, between 15 and 20 m / s trains may travel a maximum of 80 km / h. Freight traffic is stopped at higher wind speeds. Neither applies to locomotive trains .
  • Passenger train traffic is possible up to 25 m / s without restriction, at higher wind speeds it is also stopped.

literature

Remarks

  1. ↑ Danish means "Øl" = beer and "tog" = train
  2. ↑ This is the name in Scandinavia. The Free University of Berlin called the low André . For the meteorological analysis and other storm effects see here .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Train accident in Denmark - number of dead rises to eight. In: spiegel.de. January 3, 2019, accessed January 3, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i jst / lund: Tragic accident on the bridge over the Storebælt . In: Eisenbahn-Revue International . No. 2 , 2019, p. 98-100 .
  3. ↑ a b c d Kaare Sørensen: Det ved vi om ICL 210 and ulykken, who live free of charge. In: TV January 2, 2019, accessed January 3, 2019 (Danish).
  4. ↑ Banedanmark (ed.): SIN-L - Local instructors . Instruks 1.4 Storebæltsforbindelsen, Sikkerhedsbestemmelser, 2.2.1. Restrictioner ved kraftig vind. October 2, 2017, p. 239 (Danish).
  5. ↑ a b Politiet opjusterer dødstal: Otte er dræbt i togulykken. In: politiken.dk . January 3, 2019, accessed January 3, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Togene kører igen over Storebælt i tomorrow klokken 10. In: bane.dk. January 2, 2019, accessed January 3, 2019 (Danish).
  7. ^ Mark Lindved Norup: Politiet lukkede Storebæltsbroen: Fokuser på vejen og ikke ulykken. In: dr.dk. January 2, 2019, accessed January 3, 2019 (Danish).
  8. ↑ Efter ulykke: Vi can nu igen køre tog over Storebælt. In: dsb.dk. January 3, 2019, accessed January 3, 2019 (Danish).
  9. ↑ Ulykke på Storebæltsbroen. In: bane.dk. January 3, 2019, archived from the original on January 3, 2019 ; accessed on January 3, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Hector Rail is allowed to use pocket wagons again. Deutsche Verkehrs-Zeitung , January 11, 2019, accessed on May 21, 2019 .
  11. ↑ CFL and TX are allowed to use pocket wagons again in Denmark. Deutsche Verkehrs-Zeitung , January 15, 2019, accessed on May 21, 2019 .
  12. ↑ JNS Urgend procedure Task Force 2019/01. Action plan. In: era.europa.eu. April 26, 2019, accessed May 21, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Bengt Dahlberg: European Union: ERA publishes action plan for the accident at the Great Belt. In: lok-report.de. May 8, 2019, accessed on May 21, 2019 (WKZ, source ERA, Trafik-, Bygge og Boligstyrelsen).
  14. ↑ Banedanmark (ed.): Supplerende Sikkerhedsbestemmelser: SR SSB 106-2019 . TIB 1, Storebæltsforbindelsen. Restrictioner ved tværvind. January 8, 2019 (Danish).

Coordinates: 55 ° 18 ′ 4.7 ″  N , 10 ° 51 ′ 40 ″  E