Bergensbanen reopens after the Arna accident

On Tuesday, the Arna-Vaksdal section of the Bergen Railway opens again after a wagon train derailed earlier in March.

Monday 1 April at 13:12

Bane Nor states in a press release that work on the reconstruction has been in full swing throughout Easter.

– This has been demanding work in a limited and very narrow construction area. We put all our efforts into rebuilding the destroyed infrastructure so that Bergensbanen could reopen between Arna and Vaksdal as quickly as possible, says Hans Gunnar Dokken, regional director Sør-West in Bane Nor.

• 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.

The Norwegian Accident Investigation Board, the police and Bane Nor’s investigation and analysis unit are investigating why the freight train derailed.

The Accident Investigation Board has 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.