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Last Thursday, around lunchtime an intercity from Enschede to The Hague formed of two "DDZ" EMUs partially derailed on the tracks leading towards Den Haag Centraal. One person got injured: the guard of the train involved.
The derailment happened on the westernmost bit of the Den Haag - Gouda - Utrecht line, closing it to traffic between Den Haag Centraal and Den Haag Ypenburg. Initially infrastructure manager ProRail anticipated that the line would remain closed until Monday morning, but they recently announced that the line will reopen to traffic Sunday at 10:30.
The incident happened in a fairly low speed area (less than 2km away from the buffer stops at Den Haag Centraal), the train was traveling at around 30 km/h (20mph) when the cab car of the second unit left the tracks:
Picture showing the derailed vehicle of the NS DDZ intercity EMU.
The derailment caused extensive damage: 3 switches have to be repaired and 19 insulated joints, necessary for the track circuits to function properly, have to be replaced.
Picture showing twisted and damaged set of points.
ProRail have posted a video of the rerailing efforts on their YouTube channel, the video was shot by their 'Incidentenbestrijders' (incident resolution officers):
NS, the operator of the train involved, have published a statement from their engineering director. Upon inspection, NS found two badly damaged wheels which caused the train to derail. It is not yet known how the wheels could get damaged this badly. A full investigation by IL&T, the Dutch equivalent of the RAIB, is underway.
The derailment happened on the westernmost bit of the Den Haag - Gouda - Utrecht line, closing it to traffic between Den Haag Centraal and Den Haag Ypenburg. Initially infrastructure manager ProRail anticipated that the line would remain closed until Monday morning, but they recently announced that the line will reopen to traffic Sunday at 10:30.
The incident happened in a fairly low speed area (less than 2km away from the buffer stops at Den Haag Centraal), the train was traveling at around 30 km/h (20mph) when the cab car of the second unit left the tracks:
Picture showing the derailed vehicle of the NS DDZ intercity EMU.
The derailment caused extensive damage: 3 switches have to be repaired and 19 insulated joints, necessary for the track circuits to function properly, have to be replaced.
Picture showing twisted and damaged set of points.
ProRail have posted a video of the rerailing efforts on their YouTube channel, the video was shot by their 'Incidentenbestrijders' (incident resolution officers):
NS, the operator of the train involved, have published a statement from their engineering director. Upon inspection, NS found two badly damaged wheels which caused the train to derail. It is not yet known how the wheels could get damaged this badly. A full investigation by IL&T, the Dutch equivalent of the RAIB, is underway.
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