The derailed train blocked the line between Ústí and Prague, traffic is resumed
The operation of long-distance and regional trains was stopped shortly after 5 pm. “The extent of the damage is being determined. The time of resumption of operation will be updated according to the procedure of clearing work,” the tracks state. According to the specification, the interruption of the operation was to last all morning.
Alternative bus transport is being introduced in a large number of cars. However, we are still looking for more.
Assumption of interruption of operation is at least all morning.– PID (@PIDoficialni) August 19, 2021
At 8.05 a.m., traffic was resumed along the first track, and an accident investigation is underway on the second. Eventually, clearing and repair work will begin. The concrete sleepers and the entrance signal are damaged, informs the Railway Administration. Shortly after 9 o’clock, the operation was gradually resumed in full.
According to Sparava, the railways derailed four lorries at the entrance to the Nelahozeves station. “The cause is an investigation,” the organization said on Twitter. No one was injured in the accident, the material damage is not yet known.
According to the transport organizer, Ropid provides alternative bus transport in a sufficient number of cars. Passengers can use regular PID lines
466: Kralupy nad Vltavou – Nelahozeves – Nové Ouholice – Spomyšl – Mělník
496: Kralupy nad Vltavou – Nelahozeves – Nové Ouholice
617: Kralupy nad Vltavou – Nelahozeves chateau – Nové Ouholice
An alternative bus service runs through the stops
Kralupy nad Vltavou – built Kralupy nad Vltavou, railway station
Nelahozeves chateau – built. Nelahozeves
Nelahozeves – in zast. Nelahozeves in Chestnut
Nové Ouholice – built Nova Ves, Nove Ouholice
Silent tails – at the underpass at the train station
Vraňany – in stop Vraňany, railway station
A similar event occurred on Wednesday, August 4, when a freight train derailed Kralup nad Vltavou. The complete closure of the line took 30 hours, the full resumption of operation did not occur until three days later.