Marslev railway accident

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The Marslev rail accident on August 10, 1967 was a rear-end collision near Marslev , Denmark .

Starting position

Two express trains, the Sydvestjyden and the Nordjyden , were traveling one behind the other on the route from Odense in an easterly direction to Copenhagen when the preceding Sydvestjyden , train No. 38, broke down due to a mechanical defect. Both trains were diesel railcars of the series MA in aluminum - lightweight construction and consisted of two of these vehicles . The Sydvestjyden was formed from the sets MA 464-AM 501-BR 533-BS 481 + BS 485-BM 523-AM 503-MA 469, the Nordjyden from the sets MA 465-AM 507-BR 530-BS 489 + BS 483 -BM 522-AM 504-MA 460. There was fog and visibility was poor.

the accident

The Sydvestjyden stopped exactly in front of a signal so that 114 meters of the train were in front of the signal, 35 meters behind the signal. However, the head of the train was still 20 meters from the contact of the train control , the crossing of which would have caused the signal to fall back to "Stop". So this continued to show "drive free". The block behind , in which the end of the train in front stood, was secured at the rear by a signal showing "stop". The driver of the second train stopped in front of this signal and asked the train control center in Odense why. This assumed there was a signal disturbance and, without the required verification by telephone, cleared the journey for the second train. Under these circumstances, a maximum speed of 30 km / h was prescribed. After approaching the next signal at this prescribed speed, the driver saw that the following signal was showing "Drive free". What he didn't see that day due to the formation of the terrain, the vegetation and the generally poor visibility was that the train stopped at this signal. He could not see that this "ride free" was meant for the broken train, not for him. He related it to himself and accelerated. At around 10:10 a.m., the second train hit the stationary train at 70 to 80 km / h. The impact was so violent that a considerable part of the car was compressed and the front train was pushed so far forward that it got over the contact and the signal now switched to "Stop". Since two motor vehicles collided immediately, a significant part of the impact energy was absorbed by their engine blocks. The lightweight aluminum construction of the trains was only able to absorb the forces acting on the trains during the accident to a limited extent . In the colliding train was passenger cars first class , AM 507, under the power car completely crushed MA 465, then the following buffet cars, BR 530, also destroyed half. This front part of the approaching train came from Frederikshavn . In Sydvestjyden , the rear powered end car and three wagons were badly damaged. These came from Sønderborg .

consequences

In the accident , 11 people died, 17 were also seriously injured, 19 slightly injured, according to other information, 80 people were injured. Due to the large number of onlookers who wanted to see the accident site, the traffic on the neighboring trunk road 1 (Hovedvej 1) almost came to a standstill for several days.

literature

  • Jimmy Koch: En lille historie om MA-lyntogene . In: Struer Jernbaneklub (January 2011), pp. 12-19 (18 f.).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ NN: DSB Lyntog .
  2. ↑ toglyde.dk: Danske togulykker .
  3. ↑ NN: DSB Lyntog .
  4. ↑ Cook.
  5. ↑ toglyde.dk: Danske togulykker .
  6. ↑ NN: DSB Lyntog .

Coordinates: 55 ° 23 ′ 6.1 ″  N , 10 ° 28 ′ 55.8 ″  E