Overview

• A truck accident on the Austrian side knocked down a power mast and caused an outage to the Zugspitze cable car system.
• The suspension cable car halted operations, prompting the evacuation of 200 to 300 people on the Bavarian side via the mountain railway.
• Evacuees who reached the valley were then transported back to Austria by bus.
• Tiroler Zugspitzbahn deployed a diesel-powered auxiliary motor to carry visitors up to the summit despite the power cut.
• After several hours, the electricity supply was fully restored and normal cable car service resumed.