Have there been any accidents in the history of German high-speed rail? How was it solved later?

Axel train derailment accident was a serious railway accident on June 3rd, 1998 near Axel village, Celle district, Lower Saxony, Germany. The accident killed10/person and injured 88 people. This is also the most serious railway accident in Germany, which is caused by poorly designed wheels.

On June 3rd, 1998, the ICE- 1 train No.884 (wilhelm konrad rontgen) with the train number of 5 1 traveled from Munich to Hamburg with stopovers in augsburg, Nuremberg, Wü rzburg, Fulda, Kassel, G? ttingen and Hanover.

At10: 30 am German time (UTC+1,the same below), the train left Hanover Station to continue its journey. Forty minutes later, when the train reached about 6 kilometers south of Axel Town, Qira District, the outer wheel steel ring of the third axle of the second carriage suddenly burst due to fatigue, and the steel fragments were inserted into the carriage. When the train passes through the turnout, the outer steel ring of the puncture wheel lifts the guide rail on the turnout for a while, and at the same time, it is inserted into the aisle of the carriage to break through the top of the carriage. In a series of effects, the front of the car is separated from the car body after the second quarter.

As the speed of the train was as high as 200 kilometers per hour at the time of the incident, the second car was thrown off the track and rushed into the bushes, while the third and subsequent cars drove into another track and hit the arch (bridge) of a traffic overpass. Due to the excessive impulse, after the overpass broke, the main body of the overpass collapsed and was pressed against the middle and rear section of the third car. After the third quarter, all the carriages derailed and crowded together, and two German railway employees working under the bridge were killed on the spot. The first locomotive of the accident train continued to run for 3 kilometers and stopped completely after passing Ashgate station.

The first call was received at 1 110 in the morning. At this time, people still don't know what happened. Two minutes later, the police reported the "escher train collision". At the same time, fire and rescue agencies also received a report call. The first rescuers who arrived were residents who heard the noise near the scene of the accident.

1 1: 06, the Red Cross Rescue Coordination Center declared the medical and rescue institutions in Hanover, Ji Fen, Ueltzen and other neighboring areas into a state of emergency.

1 17, the first fire truck arrived at the scene of the accident. 1 minute later, people finally got a clear understanding of the scene from the fire chief's on-site report. A high-speed train derailed and hit a bridge. On the way to the scene, the fire chief ordered all the equipment in the area to participate in the rescue. At the same time, two rescue helicopters from Cele and Hanover, as well as the Fassberg helicopter squadron, also received an alarm and rushed to the scene. According to the report of the first batch of rescuers who arrived at the scene, the Qira Rescue Command confirmed that this was a heavy casualty incident and launched a high-level alarm. The staff of the control center only assist one person to ask questions at the same time, and then notify the surrounding control centers. Finally, the nearest Hanover control center is equipped with rescue helicopters to take action.

In order to ensure that the seriously injured can be transported away at the first time, at 1 1: 00 18, Deutsche Bahn decided to stop its operation and stop all trains after 7 minutes. An opportunity to overhear a traffic broadcast, taken at National Fire School 1 1: 42. 1 1: 45, the operation of creating the control begins.

In order to treat the injured, the authorities set up a tent, and the slightly injured were treated in a fitness room 300 meters away and then transferred to the hospital. An hour after the incident, more than 50 doctors rushed to the scene. 12: 05, the first injured person was taken to the hospital by helicopter.

From 12: 08 to 15: 00, a 19 1 mobile registration team was set up along the main roads in the assembly area. The German company hildesheim provided Tunnelrettungszug from the railway, and the rescue operation started at 12: 25. In the afternoon 1, there were obviously enough emergency personnel present, and all the injured were found at that time.

13 hours later, the army tank arrived in Sanshan. Later, it was suggested that the fire department dispatch a 40-ton crane from Hanover to remove the debris. 13: 45, the control center said that all the rescued wounded should be concentrated in one point for rescue and diagnosis.

15 or so, 87 injured people were taken to hospital. 15:00 15:00 The emergency alarm was lifted. At this time, most volunteer fire and rescue service personnel in neighboring counties have been recruited. Then I began to try to remove the collapsed bridge that buried three cars. By midnight, 78 bodies had been dug up. The prosecutor ordered all the bodies to be dissected.

Most of the victims suddenly slowed down from 200 kilometers per hour to rest, and the impact force was equivalent to falling from 160 meters.

At the first press conference of 18, the death toll has reached 100. That night, the crane began to clean up the debris to one side, and the rescue operations in various places continued.

The next day (June 4th), then Prime Minister Kohl and Minister Schroeder of Lower Saxony arrived at the scene to inspect the incident. They had to attend the service of a Christian bishop and had to be replaced by Horst Herschler and Joseph Hohmeyer. At that time, preliminary evidence pointed out that a broken rim caused the disaster.

On June 5, some parts of the accident train were found in a nearby forest, and the tracks were basically cleaned up. On June 8, then Federal President Herzog announced that June 2 1 was designated as the central mourning day. The traffic resumed on June 9, and the first train passed the section at 17: 35.

June 10, one week after the incident, the death toll rose to 99, and two others died in the hospital.

After the incident, Deutsche Bahn immediately distributed 30,000 marks (about 1.9 million US dollars) to each victim's family, and then made detailed compensation (such as psychological counseling). Deutsche Bahn's compensation for the accident is as high as 50 million German marks (30 million US dollars).

In August 2002, two officials and an engineer of Deutsche Bahn were charged with manslaughter. Because in Germany, companies will not be sent to criminal courts for trial, only natural people will. The case was concluded in April 2003, and each engineer was fined 1 million euros (about 1.2 million US dollars).

Within a few weeks after the incident, Deutsche Bahn replaced all the wheels with similar designs with another kind of wheels.

Rescuers at the scene of the incident encountered difficulties when they entered the carriage to rescue passengers; Mainly because of the aluminum alloy car body and explosion-proof glass windows of the ice train, rescuers encountered great resistance when using heavy rescue equipment. Therefore, Deutsche Bahn has also replaced the windows of all trains with glass windows that can be broken with a hammer in an emergency to ensure safety.