The Arna accident: New photos of the train

A passenger train from Oslo came in the opposite direction – and stopped approximately one kilometer away.

Sunday 24 March at 16:55

This is stated by the National Accident Commission in a press release on Sunday afternoon.

It was Friday evening that a freight train with 25 wagons derailed at Arna station in Bergen.

• The train overturned at the entrance to a tunnel, lost a container and was swept away contact wireAn electric wire that hangs over the train tracks and supplies power to electric trains. .
• Two employees have the status of suspect, including the locomotive driver – who was himself slightly injured in the accident.
• The other suspect is an employee who helped prepare the train for departure.

Accident CommissionA public agency that investigates accidents, especially in the transport sector, to find the cause and prevent similar incidents in the future. have information that there was an emergency call, that the freight train may have run a red light and that one diverting exchangerA mechanism on the railway that can change the direction of the track, allowing the train to change from one track to another. According to the Accident Investigation Board, a diverting switch acts as a safety measure that causes the train to derail – and thus prevent a potential collision with an oncoming train. hit in.

It is currently unclear in what order this happened – i.e. whether the emergency call was made for or after that the train ran on the diverting switch.

Also read: Norwegian Accident Investigation Board: Investigating driving against a red light

The accident happened on the Bergensbanen section in the tunnel between Arna station and Trengereid.

All train traffic between Bergen and Vaksdal has been stopped while the clean-up is underway.

As a result, there is a boom stop for both passenger and freight traffic.

On Sunday afternoon, Bane Nor is on site to clean up, according to Bergensavisen.

The work is expected to take several days.

The train accident causes major problems for Bring, which transports 80 percent of its goods to and from Bergen by train, writes Bergensavisen.

Trucks are now being deployed to get mail, parcels and goods delivered on time, says Bring.

– Some may find that the packages arrive a little later than expected, says press manager Kenneth Pettersen to the newspaper.