Bad Aibling railway accident (1945)
In the Bad Aibling railway accident on May 28, 1945 at around 11 p.m., a train manned by former Wehrmacht soldiers and an empty train on the single- track Holzkirchen – Rosenheim line between Bad Aibling station and Kolbermoor station collided. Five people died in the accident.
In an accident in 2016 , two trains collided again at almost the same point, killing twelve.
accident
The frontal collision of the trains occurred on a single-track section of the line running parallel to the Mangfall Canal at 29.5 km. The train occupied by former Wehrmacht soldiers came from the direction of Rosenheim , the empty train from the direction of Holzkirchen . The two locomotives were only slightly damaged in the impact, but several cars of the two trains derailed and some were pushed completely into one another. Five of the former soldiers lost their lives in the accident, and 21 others were injured, some seriously. Four of the dead were buried in Bad Aibling; the names of two were not known. Among the injured were the train crew and one of the engine drivers .
Cause of accident
Before the accident, the telephone lines and the communication lines between Bad Aibling and Kolbermoor had been interrupted for more than eight days. Communication between the stations was therefore not possible. The train journeys were carried out on sight.
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- Armin Franzke, David Hruza: 150 Years of the Railway in Mangfall Valley , Munich, 2007, ISBN 978-3-9809568-6-4
- Image : Death route near Bad Aibling. There was a crash here 71 years ago (February 13, 2016)
- Oberbayerisches Volksblatt : 1945 five dead on the accident route (February 12, 2016), registration may be required.
Coordinates: 47 ° 51 ′ 5.3 " N , 12 ° 1 ′ 11.7" E