Recovery team working around the clock

ProRail moves quickly after horror crash in the Netherlands

Aftermath at Meteren. The truck has been turned into a pear puree. Train passengers shaken, not stirred. Image: © ProRail

Dutch infrastructure agency ProRail has moved quickly to repair badly damaged tracks between Utrecht and Eindhoven. A huge accident on Friday (31 October) saw a full-speed express passenger train hit an articulated truck on a level crossing at Meteren, about 25 kilometres south of Utrecht. Over a kilometre of track was ripped up in the spectacular accident. Mercifully, despite the violence of the impact, only minor injuries were reported.

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Author: Simon Walton

Simon Walton is RailFreight's UK correspondent.

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