Overview

• The operator confirmed the route remains shut four weeks after the fatal derailment near Riedlingen.
• Crews will first remove rails, ballast and sleepers to clear the site for subsequent engineering work.
• Actual track and embankment repairs are still being planned, so no reopening date has been set.
• Police consider a landslide after heavy rain the likely cause of the accident.
• Three people were killed, dozens were injured, and difficult terrain prolonged recovery, with several wagons crushed and the lead coach driven into a tree.