A train without a driver passed from Košice-Barca station to Hungary: An analyst also shakes his head over the incident – NEW TIME

An unmanned train with 22 wagons without a driver traveled a respectable 25 kilometers, after which it finally managed to seal it on the section between Hidasnémeti and Zsujta stations. An experienced traffic analyst is also shaking his head over an incident unparalleled in Slovakia.

The train marked Pn 49720 was imported to the railway station Košice-Barca by the executive carrier Petrolsped Slovakia, sro who reached the station. During this activity of the driver from Petrolsped Slovakia, the train set was arbitrarily set in motion. The cause of the spontaneous movement of the set shall be investigated. “ Silvia Kuncová, Director of the Office of the General Director of the Railway Company Cargo Slovakia, tried to clarify the reason for the spontaneous movement of the train.

According to her, according to information from fellow railway workers from Hungary, the sloping conditions of the line on which the train was diverted were used to stop the train. “As the accident is being investigated, the reasons and consequences will be known only after the investigation has been completed. There was no damage to the health of employees or damage to property, “ added Kuncová.

Is the driver responsible?

Jozef Drahovský, a transport analyst, encountered this case for the first time. “I have not yet experienced the situation when the whole train set moved with the locomotive. From my point of view, this looks like a driver error. By rail, it is from Košice to Hungary down the hill, although mild but stable. It is enough for a good wind to lean into the unbraked set, “Drahovský thinks, adding: “It seems to me that the driver needs to bounce, leave everything on and the train escapes him. One of the explanations may be that due to the lack of qualified train drivers, an employee who did not have adequate experience was hired. ”The analyst admitted that a technical failure could also play a role.

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“Modern locomotives are like computers in this. In any case, when leaving the train, the driver had to make sure that the locomotive was put into such a condition that it was braked and could not move on its own, “Drahovský added.