Burning attack at Lübben: Diesel locomotive ensures train delays!

Burning attack at Lübben: Diesel locomotive ensures train delays!

On the railway line between Berlin and Cottbus, there was an incident on Wednesday night that caused excitement. A diesel locomotive has caught fire near Lübben, as the fire brigade control center dies rbb The fire brigade took a full two hours, but fortunately ended without personal injury because the train in question was empty at the time of the fire.

The damaged locomotive is no longer ready to drive and must be towed. This is expected to take noon until noon. Even if a track between Lübben and the Tropical Islands has now been released, passengers have to make considerable delays from partly up to an hour, especially in the lines of RE2 and RE7. At the moment, the trains are passed over a neighboring track past the havous locomotive, as well as the Nordkurier

cause and safety aspects

The exact cause of the fire is still in the stars. What happened in advance remains unclear, but the necessary cleanup has already started. For the passengers who rely on the train journey, replacement buses were used at night to intercept the delays.

In connection with such incidents, fire protection is increasingly awareness in rail traffic. According to a report by the European Commission , the development of the security standards has resulted in a decline in fires, so that they are now almost zero a year. This is a positive sign, especially with regard to the increasing underground routes of the railway network, which can increase the disaster potential by fires.

The EU has issued strict standards such as DIN EN 50553, which ensure that vehicles remain operational even in the event of a fire in order to enable passengers to escape safe. Security standards are the be -all and end -all, and it is ensured that modern rail traffic meets the highest requirements.

For the commuters in the Brandenburg area, the situation remains tense while the cleanup continues. All eyes are currently on the track, where the waiting for clarity about the exact circumstances of the fire and the fast repairs continue.