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After a passenger car derailment near Sils in Domleschg, the affected Albula line can be used again from the start of operations Thursday morning. This was announced by the Rhaetian Railway (RhB). By Tuesday night, all vehicles could be pulled through the track system. Then it could begin with the repair of the road and infrastructure facilities. The route remains closed until operations return to normal. Spare buses are being used.
There was a train accident on the Albula RhB line on Monday night between Tiefencastel and Thusis, as confirmed by the RhB to “suedostschweiz.ch” that same night. In front of the town of Sils im Domleschg, a car collided with blocks of stone weighing several hundred kilograms, as Roman Rüegg, media spokesman for the Grisons cantonal police announced Tuesday morning. “At least three blocks of stone lay on the tracks due to a falling rock.” As a result of the collision, the control car and two passenger cars rolled off the rails. Then they collided with a contact line mast.
The train conductor suffered moderate injuries in the accident. At the time of the accident, according to Rüegg, there were 27 passengers, a train employee, a restaurant employee and two dogs on the train. “All could be evacuated unharmed by the emergency services,” Rüegg said. Police and five experts from the RhB Rail Center were on the scene. In addition, there were two ambulance teams from the Mittelbünden rescue service, the railway rescue service from the Thusis fire department and an employee from the Nature and Environment Office.
The Swiss Safety Investigation Office (SUST), the cantonal police and the Graubünden prosecutor’s office clarify the course of the accident, as indicated in the police report. (hin / sot)
