Munich (dpa / lby) – A train derailed in front of Munich Central Station. Apart from the train driver, there were no other people on the train on Wednesday, the federal police said on Thursday. It was a shunting trip. The 24-year-old train driver suffered a shock but was not injured.
The regional train should be shunted to the main station. At the level of the Hacker Bridge, the train ran over a switch. According to the police, the driver’s cab, the part of the train in which the train driver sits, derailed while the rest of the train cars remained on the tracks. The incident had only a minor impact on rail traffic. However, several access tracks are still closed.
It was initially unclear why exactly the train derailed. “Something like this always happens again,” said a spokeswoman for the federal police when asked. It was not until the end of July that a regional train without passengers also derailed near the Hacker Bridge. The federal police are now investigating the threat to rail traffic.
