Overview
- A DB Regio Regionalbahn arriving from Rottenburg struck the buffer stop at Tübingen Hauptbahnhof while entering the station, with the driver reported to be 47 years old and about 80 people on board.
- Thirteen passengers suffered light injuries in the impact and were treated, and no serious casualties have been reported.
- The Bundespolizei has opened investigations for endangering rail traffic and negligent bodily injury to establish cause and possible responsibility.
- DB Regio said it cannot yet explain what happened and is awaiting the authority’s findings; the affected track was reopened later that morning and the train was reported undamaged.
- A buffer stop is a fixed track-end device meant to stop trains, so investigators will examine factors such as speed, braking and driver action to determine whether technical failure or human error caused the collision and what safety steps may follow.