Technical misfortune: U1 fire in Vienna ensures massive traffic disabilities!

Technical misfortune: U1 fire in Vienna ensures massive traffic disabilities!

Taubstummengasse, 1010 Wien, Österreich - On November 19, a serious incident occurred in the Vienna subway network when a special train of the U1 line suddenly caught fire on board without passengers. The train of the "Silver Arrow" type was on the way between Taubengasse and the South Tyrolean Platz/main train station when the flames broke out. This technical defect led to a major alarm and the evacuation of the stations concerned, such as Volksblatt . Fortunately, only six employees of the Viennese lines were slightly injured, including the 25-year-old train leader, who is still medically supervised.

technical cause in focus

Gerald Ryba, the head of the fire investigators of the Vienna State Criminal Police Office, made it clear that there was no external fault. The fire should be due to a technical ailment in the electrical system of the train. Furthermore, the Investigations of the Viennese lines are still ongoing for the exact causes of the incident after the criminal police examinations have been completed. The damage to the track bed and on the tunnel walls are considerable, which led to a subsequent partial lock, as in The special train was actually intended to be used as a reserve train if the number of passengers had increased. This means that the train could also promote passengers, which makes the accident particularly serious. The Viennese lines have immediately set up a rail replacement traffic, while the clean -up work and the recovery of the damaged train are continued. For the time being, it remains unclear when the normal operation of the U1 can be resumed completely, but everything will continue to be released in order to release the affected area as quickly as possible.