08-03-15 23:04 pm – Source: Reuters
The freight and passenger train collided Friday in Tilburg. © anp
The passenger train Friday in Tilburg against a freight train collided, by a red driving signal. That have ProRail, NS and DB Schenker show tonight in a mail to know some MPs
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In addition, the signal was not provided with a so-called ATBvv system. This system warns the driver if a railroad signal instructs to reduce speed. If the driver does not respond, the ATB system automatically brakes. A spokesman for ProRail stresses that these preliminary results
. Head Wound
Friday sat around in the train forty people. Most of the passengers were thrown through the train by the collision. The conductor suffered a head wound and was therefore treated in hospital. Seven other people were bruises, but did not go to the hospital. After the collision, the freight leaked the flammable material butadiene. The butadiene therefore had to be pumped out of the damaged tank car into another car.
Because the passenger train was only Sunday towed, train traffic was then disturbed considerably. The problems with the trains around Tilburg today were again eliminated in the course of the afternoon.
The underlying causes of the accident will be investigated. “Naturally, we consider this as a serious incident, and we understand that many of these people are shocked,” the joint statement.
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