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The Investigation Bureau for Railway, Funicular and Boat Accidents (IRFBA; german: Unfalluntersuchungsstelle für Bahnen und Schiffe, UUS; french: Service d'enquête sur les accidents des transports publics, SEA; it, Servizio d’inchiesta sugli infortuni dei trasporti pubblici, SII) was an agency of the government of
Swiss Accident Investigation Board SAIB
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Official website
Government of Switzerland Rail accident investigators Organizations disestablished in 2011 {{switzerland-stub
The Investigation Bureau for Railway, Funicular and Boat Accidents (IRFBA; german: Unfalluntersuchungsstelle für Bahnen und Schiffe, UUS; french: Service d'enquête sur les accidents des transports publics, SEA; it, Servizio d’inchiesta sugli infortuni dei trasporti pubblici, SII) was an agency of the government of Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
. In 2011, it was replaced by the Swiss Transportation Safety Investigation Board
The Swiss Transportation Safety Investigation Board (STSB, german: Schweizerische Sicherheitsuntersuchungsstelle; french: Service suisse d'enquête de securité; it, Servizio d'inchiesta svizzero sulla sicurezza) is a government agency of Swit ...
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Description
Its head office was inBern
german: Berner(in)french: Bernois(e) it, bernese
, neighboring_municipalities = Bremgarten bei Bern, Frauenkappelen, Ittigen, Kirchlindach, Köniz, Mühleberg, Muri bei Bern, Neuenegg, Ostermundigen, Wohlen bei Bern, Zollikofen
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, and it had an eastern Switzerland office in Schlieren
Schlieren ( ; , ) are optical inhomogeneities in transparent media that are not necessarily visible to the human eye. Schlieren physics developed out of the need to produce high-quality lenses devoid of such inhomogeneities. These inhomogeneiti ...
. It investigated accidents and incidents concerning railway systems, funicular systems, and boats.
The agency was disestablished on 1 November 2011 when it and the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau merged to form the Swiss Accident Investigation Board."
Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications
The Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (DETEC, german: Eidgenössisches Departement für Umwelt, Verkehr, Energie und Kommunikation, french: Département fédéral de l'environnement, des transports, de l'én ...
. Retrieved on 30 April 2013.
See also
*Fiesch derailment
The Fiesch derailment occurred on Friday 23 July 2010, at 11:50 CET when a Glacier Express train, from Zermatt heading towards St. Moritz, derailed at low speed between the cities of Lax and Fiesch, Canton Valais, Switzerland.
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Notes and references
External links
Official website
Government of Switzerland Rail accident investigators Organizations disestablished in 2011 {{switzerland-stub