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Fatal crash on the Rhine Valley route In the vicinity of Auggen

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A BLS rollende landstrasse has hit a a fallen concrete section of a bridge under construction. The driver was killed and two other fatalities are reported.


https://www.tag24.de/justiz/polizei...-breisgau-freiburg-baden-wuerttemberg-1477193
(Not quoted as it is in German)

http://www.kxan36news.com/auggen-police-fatal-train-accident-concrete-part-fall-on-the-tracks
“the First findings to be a result crashed at the height of a concrete Auggen part of a still under-construction bridge in the track area. A Lorry loaded train part collided with the Bridge and was derailed in part,“ it said in a communication to the Federal police on Thursday evening. In the accident the driver died. Ten truck drivers who were sitting in the wagon behind the locomotive, were slightly injured. The train had loaded several trucks. The Rhine valley route between Basel and Freiburg in the Breisgau was completely blocked. Previously, the “Badische Zeitung had reported”. Police and rescue workers were with a large contingent in use.
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More info here https://www.badische-zeitung.de/fotos-zug-der-rollenden-landstrasse-verunglueckt-bei-auggen
 
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According to the article, the train collided with parts of a bridge that was going to be dismantled this weekend. Apparently something went terribly wrong during the preparations for that operation. The train had just left Freiburg for Novara (Italy).
 
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Catracho said:
According to the article, the train collided with parts of a bridge that was going to be dismantled this weekend. Apparently something went terribly wrong during the preparations for that operation. The train had just left Freiburg for Novara (Italy).
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It looks rather more like a new bit of bridge from/for the bridge under construction over the middle of the train.
 
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reports seem to vary if it was the old or new bridge.
Considering it is the main route to Switzerland and Italy and landborders delayed, it is a major disruption as Hupac service cannot run for the coming days.

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duesselmartin said:
reports seem to vary if it was the old or new bridge.
Considering it is the main route to Switzerland and Italy and landborders delayed, it is a major disruption as Hupac service cannot run for the coming days.

Martin
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Can Hupac not run up to Mannheim, down to Stuttgart and Stuttgart to Basel even if a pair of diesels must drag it?

My condolences to the driver and family.
 
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Jamesrob637 said:
Can Hupac not run up to Mannheim, down to Stuttgart and Stuttgart to Basel even if a pair of diesels must drag it?
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Think there will be issues over finding the diesels and the paths over IIRC part single track, even with the currrent reduced passenger timetable. I remember there were major issues when the Rastatt underpass collapsed.
From Schaffhausen you'd head south through the outskirts of Zurich rather than to Basel BTW.
 
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So this is the second serious construction failure on the major DB upgrade and realignment project for Karlsruhe-Basel.
The project covers something like 150km, and the Rastatt collapse was near the northern end of the upgrade.
This one looks to be on the southern stretch close to where a new section of route diverges from the existing main line.
 
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LNW-GW Joint said:
So this is the second serious construction failure on the major DB upgrade and realignment project for Karlsruhe-Basel.
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Demolition rather than construction in this case, and I would therefore guess a different contractor. I would also guess tragic coincidence rather than connected events - unless the enquiry concludes otherwise of course.
 
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Still trying to work out the bridge works.
The slab on the floor and similar slabs on the abutments look new, yet the actual abutment looks a few years old with graffiti.
Also in a wider shot a new embankment and abutment seem to be being built a few metres back.
Is it a combined Demolition and Build site rather than 2 separate sites?
 
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Ploughman said:
Still trying to work out the bridge works.
The slab on the floor and similar slabs on the abutments look new, yet the actual abutment looks a few years old with graffiti.
Also in a wider shot a new embankment and abutment seem to be being built a few metres back.
Is it a combined Demolition and Build site rather than 2 separate sites?
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My guess is that the bridge isn't that old - a level crossing replacement (there has been a major ongoing programme in many parts of Europe) - but obviously predating the decision to quadruple. The approach embankments are probably being demolished.
 
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