A serious accident in the railway crossing in Błonie (Mazowieckie province) occurred on Sunday 25 January.30. On the crossing at Poniatowskiego Street, a passenger Ford Focus broke down, which stopped on the tracks. The driver tried to push the vehicle off the track himself, but did not make it. In the immobilized car, the train of PKP Intercity from Szczecin Main – Rzeszów Main. The force of impact was large adequate that the wreck was pushed onto the adjacent track, where a second collision occurred just moments later – this time with the second Intercity train heading towards Berlin. After the collision, the car burst into flames, and the fire moved onto the locomotive of 1 of the depots. 7 fire brigades were sent to the site, which rapidly captured the fire. Evacuation of nearly 600 passengers As reported by police, the driver had left the vehicle just before the impact. Both train drivers and the driver were sober. No 1 was
injured.In connection with the incident, passengers had to be evacuated. any 400 people were evacuated from 1 train, from the another little than 200 — a full of nearly 600 passengers. They were transported to a sports centre in Błoń, where they were given shelter and waiting for further transport. PKP Intercity has organised replacement communications. Passengers travelling towards Berlin were transported by buses to Łowicz, where they continued their journey by another trains. People headed for Rzeszów were transported to Warsaw, where a peculiar composition was placed for them. any travellers have given up their journey or organized it on their own. After the accident, the movement of trains on the Ożarów section – Błonie was completely stopped. Trains of PKP Intercity were diverted by detours by Bełchów and Skierniewice without Sochachev station. Mazowieckie railways launched a replacement bus communication. At this point there is no information about the harm to the railway infrastructure, but the demolition of the rolling stock, including the locomotive covered by the fire, has been confirmed. The service emphasizes that the event was the consequence of a vehicle failure at an highly dangerous location and was an unfortunate coincidence. Second accident on the train crossing. Wounds in RzełkuOn the same day, another serious event occurred in a railway crossing in Rzełuk, Greater Poland. The passenger car entered the train of Wielkopolska
Railways.Two people were injured as a consequence of the accident. Emergency services – police, fire department and medical rescue squad intervened on the
site.In connection with the event, Wielkopolska Railways introduced bus replacement communication, but in the evening average train traffic was restored. Read also:
