Marşandiz railway accident

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In the railway accident in Marşandiz on the morning of December 13, 2018, a high-speed train of the type HT80000 and a single locomotive collided head- on in the Turkish capital Ankara in the area of ​​the Marşandiz S-Bahn station . Nine people died.

Starting position

Both vehicles involved in the accident and the railway infrastructure belong to the Turkish State Railways, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Devlet Demiryolları (TCDD).

Infrastructure

The scene of the accident was the Marşandiz S-Bahn station in the west of Ankara . It opened in early 2018. Here two tracks each for long-distance traffic and the S-Bahn run parallel. While the S-Bahn tracks run along the edge of a central platform , the long-distance tracks are mainline tracks . New points had been installed here four days before the accident . The reception building of the S-Bahn station is an island station , from which pedestrian bridges span the road on both sides.

In order to be able to open the new S-Bahn line at the beginning of 2018, this was done without the safety and signal systems being functional . This also affected the parallel long-distance railway line.

vehicles

The high-speed train HT80000 , on the Velaro platform of the manufacturer Siemens with the company number HT80101, was traveling on the high-speed line Ankara – Konya from Ankara YHT Garı to Konya on track H 1. In the area of ​​the accident site, the speed should have been 80 to 90 km / h. 231 passengers traveled on the train.

In the opposite direction, the E 68041 electric locomotive also traveled individually as a locomotive train on track H 1. The locomotive's staff had received instructions to reduce the speed.

the accident

For the Train meeting a pointed dispatcher a course attendant at to lead the high-speed train at platform H2. However, the switch attendant had not yet received any instructions on how to operate the new switches, apparently did nothing and did not confirm to the dispatcher that he had set the switch accordingly, a report that would have been necessary. The dispatcher behaved as if the report had been made.

The two trains collided head-on at around 6:36 a.m. The first two wagons of the Velaro derailed, climbed onto the oncoming locomotive and destroyed one of the pedestrian bridges that spanned the tracks from the station building. The locomotive was thrown back by the force of the impact.

consequences

Three railroad workers and six passengers died. In addition, 86 travelers were injured, 34 of them seriously.

More than 40 ambulances and 20 fire engines took part in the rescue work. Around 4 p.m., the cranes required to recover the vehicles arrived. The cleanup and recovery work took three days. Traffic was resumed on December 16, 2018.

The Ankara Public Prosecutor's Office is investigating. Several dispatchers were arrested on suspicion of negligence.

literature

Remarks

  1. ↑ Confronted with this, the Turkish Minister for Transport and Infrastructure, Cahit Turan , is said to have been of the opinion that functioning safety systems are not a prerequisite for rail operations (bac: Ankara ).
  2. ↑ Five passengers died in the rubble, one person later (bac: Ankara ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i bac: Ankara .

Coordinates: 39 ° 56 '2.7 "  N , 32 ° 46" 42.2 "  E