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Diesel leaked

Bavaria: train is on fire – the Munich-Salzburg railway line is affected

Updated: 08/16/2023, 11:51 am | Reading time: 2 minutes

Thousands of liters of diesel leaked out in a train fire in Bavaria. The restrictions on travelers could last even longer.

Photo: District fire brigade association Traunstein

A train burns near Traunstein on Sunday. Nobody gets hurt. But train travelers are still affected by delays and cancellations.

Berlin. On the railway line there are currently major problems between Munich and Salzburg. The reason: On Sunday, a work train burned in Traunstein, Bavaria. Thousands of liters of diesel have apparently leaked. The route between Rosenheim and Salzburg is currently used to a very limited extent with long-distance trains. As a spokesman for Deutsche Bahn announced, the route capacity is at most half.

The trains can currently only with strong reduced speed drive on the section between Rosenheim and Salzburg. Together with the border controls, this leads to delays. It is planned to have one train per hour in the direction of Munich and one in the direction of Salzburg. The exact departure and arrival times cannot be predicted due to the necessary construction work. Passengers are asked to find out more on the Bayerischer Regiobahn (BRB) website.

A repair locomotive caught fire in Traunstein, Bavaria. The implications for travelers are great.
Photo: District fire brigade association Traunstein

Train burns in Bavaria: travelers apparently wait for hours

According to the local fire brigade, when the rescuers arrived on Sunday, a thick, dark column of smoke could already be seen. The repair train was on fire. This had also loaded around 6000 liters of diesel in two tanks. One of the tanks ruptured and thousands of liters of diesel fuel ran out, according to the fire department. The route initially had to be completely closed.

As the Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) reports, many were still standing late on Sunday evening because of the fire Travelers at the train stations in Traunstein and Übersee. Accordingly, according to BRB, it was not possible to win over a bus provider for the rail replacement service. The Malteser distributed water bottles in the evening.

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After the complete closure of the route, he could currently single track traffic according to the BR, however, can only be maintained until the excavation work begins. Because of the leaked diesel, the ground had to be excavated extensively for environmental reasons. Meanwhile, rail traffic on the route will apparently be completely stopped. (bef)

2023-08-17 01:15:44
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