1994 Lausanne derailment

Railway incident in Switzerland 29 June 1994 2:56 a.m. Lausanne Switzerland Basel – Monthey Swiss Federal Railways Derailment 1 0 2 to 12 million Swiss francs On June 29, 1994, a freight train, including tanker cars carrying chemicals, derailed at Lausanne station in Switzerland. The train, coming from Basel and bound for the Ciba-Geigy factory in Monthey, derailed at 2:56 a.m..Cochard Catherine 16 March 2021 Le 29 juin 1994, le jour où on a frôlé la catastrophe https://www.24heures.ch/le-29-juin-1994-le-jour-ou-on-a-frole-la-catastrophe-348913490171 2025-09-04 24 heures fr Fourteen wagons of a freight train carrying forty cars derailed about 200 meters from the station. Seven cars overturned, including two tank cars containing 80,000 liters of epichlorohydrin - around 3-400 liters were spilled.1994-06-30 Giftwaggon vor Lausanner Bahnhof entgleist https://taz.de/Giftwaggon-vor-Lausanner-Bahnhof-entgleist/!1555422/ 2025-09-04 Die Tageszeitung de 0931-9085 Three thousand people had to be evacuated from the area, three schools were closed, and the station remained closed to the public for several days.25 July 1994 Déraillement d'un Eurocity https://www.letempsarchives.ch/page/JDG_1994_07_25/10/article/9049328/lausanne%20d%C3%A9raillement 2025-09-04 www.letempsarchives.ch Journal de Genève 10 Hundreds of men from the Lausanne fire department, the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB), police and civil protection and chemical units were mobilised.Fuchs Isidore 2 December 1994 Après l'accident de Lausanne, les CFF indemniseront les commerçants. https://www.letempsarchives.ch/page/JDG_1994_12_02/19 2025-09-04 www.letempsarchives.ch Journal de Genève 19 Their costs were entirely paid by the SBB.28 June 1995 Un an après l'accident de la gare de Lausanne. https://www.letempsarchives.ch/page/LNQ_1995_06_28/20/article/9878470/lausanne%20d%C3%A9raillement 2025-09-04 www.letempsarchives.ch Le Nouveau Quotidien 20 During the removal of the carriages the train derailed a second time, this time near Lutry. Following this and another derailment the same year in Affoltern, the Federal Railways developed and implemented a series of detection and safety systems on their freight trains.21 February 1996 Le wagon qui signale lorsqu'il déraille https://www.letempsarchives.ch/page/LNQ_1996_02_21/17/article/9919666/lausanne%20d%C3%A9raillement 2025-09-04 www.letempsarchives.ch Le Nouveau Quotidien 17 The inquiry later established that due to braking, excessive longitudinal pressure forces formed in the long (700m) train, which led to derailment in the area of a deflecting switch with unfavourable track geometry. The braking rules for freight trains over 1200 tonnes were subsequently changed.Unfall-Sommer bei den SBB. In: Schweizer Eisenbahn-Revue. Nr. 9/1994. Minirex. Nr. 9/1994. Minirex. Nr. 9/1994. Minirex, ISSN 1022-7113, pp.382–386. References Category:Derailments in Switzerland Lausanne derailment Category:Transport in Lausanne Lausanne derailment