Train Chaos: Meridian remains are passengers stuck for hours - chaotic States

A Meridian is between Bad Endorf, Rosenheim, be. After hours, passengers can change to a different train - but even here there are problems.

Update from the 13. August: On Twitter and Facebook many of those Affected make their Anger. "This ride was absolutely shit. A Riesenlob but to the stewardess, the @allows you to add out who was on the ride home and the foreign operator first passengers calmed down and the window opened. On the #meridian no train attendants were, in fact,“ writes a User. "Took half an hour for the evacuation. "New" train was also full Meridian of Salzburg. Not all were able to. A part had to wait in a broken-down train. Total Miss Management!“ commented another.

by train-nightmare: passengers stuck for hours – all the WCs out of service

original message from 12. August:

Krottenmühl - For around 600 passengers, the weekend is gone anything other than relaxed at the end. The Meridian M79038 remained Sunday evening between Bad Endorf and Rosenheim are. It lasted for hours, until the drive could require guests to another train. The incident could have been much worse.

As to arrived Benjamin Hahn at 23.15 finally home in Vaterstetten (in the district of Ebersberg), he had forgotten the relaxing afternoon with his best friend in Salzburg, almost. Because the ride home in the Meridian was anything other than relaxed and it lasted for six hours.

Meridian is suddenly quiet, as passengers feel left in the lurch

The train was already pretty full, as Benjamin Hahn, get started in Salzburg. In Krottenmühl, between Bad Enddorf and Rosenheim, M79038 remained lying. "There was an announcement that there is a technical fault," says Hahn. Then nothing came for a long time – and there was nothing. In addition to the 34-Year-olds, a little girl sat that at some point urgently to the toilet had to. However, all the Toilets on the train were out of service. "The girl began to cry," says Hahn more.

A railway employee who was a private with the Meridian, and a handle, he continues. She opened one of the toilets for the girl and screwed in a locked tilt & turn Windows, as the air was getting worse and worse. "Also, you spoke a calming effect on the passengers, and translated for a group of American tourists," says Hahn. "Because the announcements were only in German."

Meridian remains the same - Ersatzzug already full

Very many say it is not a given, however. After about three quarters of an hour, the train driver announced that another Meridian will be sent, in which passengers could change trains in half an hour.

arrived Yet, until the train actually went by again about an hour and only half of the passengers could go. "Because the second train was from Salzburg and was already pretty full," says Hahn. And this time, the mood among the passengers have been very relaxed. "The crisis management of the track didn't really work at all", said the 34-Year-old.

operating fault in Krottenmühl: passenger emergency button

About a passenger from Rosenheim can shake only the head. He reports on scenes that were extremely dangerous. "After the announcement that a Ersatzzug is sent, forever, nothing happened, and no came by to say more, pressed some of the passengers the emergency button on the doors to get out," he says. At this time it was already dark and there was a second Track for oncoming trains.

40 to 50 passengers got off easy, he says. "That was enormously dangerous." In the part of the train in which he sat, had been the passengers after two hours, more than nervous, he said. "No, what's going on know." Eventually, a woman called after a doctor, because she was bad. Also in this wagon, a Federal police officer and an army soldier, were private on the road to ensure that no major panic broke out.

BOB: Meridian driver completely helpless - the train remained

Bayerische Oberlandbahn (BOB), which operates the Meridian trains, said on Monday that the train, the vehicle control system had failed. The driver was not able to put the Meridian in gear. Initially, it was planned, the train to tow, but there were technical problems.

In General, customers are managers on Board, reported a spokeswoman. In this Meridian had not been the case, unfortunately. The driver of the train had noticed that the passengers pressed the emergency button and the train will have left. But, can the Driver not to leave. Therefore, he informed the dispatcher, so that the route will be blocked.

in addition, the emergency Manager was requested, have reassured the passengers. The people, however, were not dropped out on the pull Side, on the the other tracks, stressed the spokeswoman.

BOB wants to apologize to all Concerned, as rosenheim24.de* reported. You not only get the ticket price refunded, but a lump sum. How high will be set on Monday. Near Bad Endorf tourists overrun the village of Hallstatt in Austria. Now there is a new rule to remedy the situation.

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Date Of Update: 16 August 2019, 12:00