Part breaks off a works train and strikes two trains in Flemish Brabant, no one injured
An incident between Liedekerke and Ternat shattered windows on a passenger train with seventy people on board; the Jette to Denderleeuw line was closed for the rest of Wednesday.
An Infrabel works train caused an incident on the railway between Jette and Denderleeuw at around 16.30 on Wednesday, VRT NWS reported. Infrabel first said a passenger train had collided with a derailed works train at Ternat, but later corrected that account. According to initial findings, still to be confirmed by the investigation, a part came loose from the works train, Bruzz and BX1 write. It first struck a train at Liedekerke station without causing damage, then hit the last carriage of a passenger train near Essene-Lombeek. Three wagons of the works train finally derailed at the entrance to Ternat station.
About seventy people were on board the passenger train, which was running from Brussels-Luxembourg to Aalst. Because the train was standing at the platform, all of them were able to get off. Windows were broken and emergency services looked after two people who were in shock, but according to the rail operator NMBS no one was injured, Bruzz and BX1 reported.
Rail traffic between Jette and Denderleeuw was halted in both directions for the rest of the day, and NMBS laid on replacement buses. The three wagons can only be removed once the investigation is complete, after which Infrabel will inspect and repair the infrastructure. At the time of writing it was not yet known when services on the line would resume.