Magetic train comes off its track in Germany

A Magetic Train has came off its track and injured several people.

These trains goes extremely fast. If they walk away with only injuries their lucky. But they dont know everything yet, we dont know how bad this is.

I thought these trains were very hard to come off of their tracks?

news.bbc.co.uk...

[edit on 22-9-2006 by Shar]

At least 20 people have been hurt in the crash of a prototype magnetic train system in western Germany, police say.

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looks like it was just a prototype, and also a monorail so probably a lot easier to derail than a normal dual rail type train?

Update:::

Several people are believed killed.

news.bbc.co.uk...

They said the train, which floats on a monorail via a magnetic levitation system called Maglev, was travelling at 200km/h when it crashed.

[edit on 22-9-2006 by Shar]

I've just been watching the German news; they say there was an object on its track. Two people died.

The train crashed with a repair train. 29 people are involved. 19 died because of this accident.
The rescue is very difficult, because the train is in five meter height. (picture below)

If you have questions, I try to translate for you

Edit: spelling, photo added



[edit on 22-9-2006 by dacruz]

Thankyou, for your picture. Its a very sad accident indeed.

MELSTRUP, Germany (Reuters) - Twenty one people were killed and 10 injured when a high tech German train smashed into a maintenance vehicle on a test run in northern Germany on Friday, police said

[edit on 22-9-2006 by Shar]

Apparently 15 dead, 6 still missing and 10 people seriously injured.

Chancellor Merkel is also on her way to the scene now.

The number raises every once in a while

Well, Fett Pinkus...Do I have a country brother here?
*Grüße aus München, servus!*

The only way Unirails can derail is if the track itself was somehow destroyed as the magnets hug the rail to make it nearly impossible for such a thing to happen.

Originally posted by dacruz
The number raises every once in a while

Well, Fett Pinkus...Do I have a country brother here?
*Grüße aus München, servus!*

hi dacruz yep grüsse aus espelkamp near Bielefeld (born in münchen though)

@sardion2000 apparently the train crashed into a reperation train that was on the track as well

@sardion2000 apparently the train crashed into a reperation train that was on the track as well

That would explain it. Hitting another train on the same track is another one of those few things that could derail a monorail. I should really stop skimming lol.