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A technical malfunction in a passenger train caused a breakdown in the new base tunnel on Monday. Because the braking system was blocked, the train could not be towed.
The second commercial test drive in the Ceneri base tunnel was broken.
Photo: Gaetan Bally (Keystone)
At the beginning of commercial test drives in the new Ceneri base tunnel, the second train got stuck in the new structure on Monday. SBB evacuated about 150 passengers on a special train from the tunnel.
The reason for the breakdown was a technical malfunction on the Eurocity train, SBB said on its website.
According to the information, the passage of the tunnel of the first train, which left Chiasso at 6:04 am to the north, passed without any problem. The second train, which left Zurich at 7:10 am bound for Milan, got stuck. The technical problem occurred independently of the tunnel, SBB wrote.
