On 9 May 2022, a passenger train derailed near
Münchendorf, in the
Mödling district of
Lower Austria, Austria. One person was killed.
Accident
The accident occurred shortly after 18:00
local time (16:00
UTC). A passenger train comprising two
Siemens Desiro ML ''Ventus''
electric multiple unit
An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple-unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages using electricity as the motive power. An EMU requires no separate locomotive, as electric traction motors are incorporated within one or a numbe ...
s derailed near
Münchendorf, in the
Mödling district of
Lower Austria, Austria.
The
Raaberbahn train was travelling from
Deutschkreutz
Deutschkreutz ( hu, Sopronkeresztúr until 1899, ''Németkeresztúr'' yi, צעלעם, translit=Zelem hr, Kerestur) is an Austrian market town in the district of Oberpullendorf in the state of Burgenland.
Geography
Deutschkreutz lies in Middle ...
via
Vienna to
Bratislava
Bratislava (, also ; ; german: Preßburg/Pressburg ; hu, Pozsony) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Slovakia. Officially, the population of the city is about 475,000; however, it is estimated to be more than 660,000 — approxim ...
, Slovakia on the Pottendorf line which is operated by
ÖBB Infra.
Unit 4746-311 was leading.
[ All six carriages were derailed, with two of them ending up on their sides alongside the railway. Of the 57 people on the train, one was killed and thirteen were injured, two seriously.][
The alarm was raised at 18:27, with the Achau, Guntramsdorf and Münchendorf fire brigades attending the scene. The train driver was cut from the wreckage.][ Four helicopters were sent to the site. This was the first fatal rail accident in Austria since a collision at Niklasdorf in 2018.]
References
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Railway accidents in 2022
May 2022 events in Austria
Derailments in Austria
Mödling District