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Three Dead in Riedlingen Train Derailment as Investigators Probe Storm and Landslide

Officials have concluded rescue operations to allow investigators to determine whether severe weather and a landslide caused the derailment.

27 July 2025, Baden-Württemberg, Riedlingen: Rescue workers search for passengers in a derailed train. The passenger train derailed in the Biberach district between the districts of Zweifaltendorf and Zell. Photo: Thomas Warnack/dpa (Photo by Thomas Warnack/picture alliance via Getty Images)
Wagons of a derailed regional passenger train lie on a railroad line near Riedlingen, Germany, Monday, July 28, 2025.
dpatop - 27 July 2025, Baden-Württemberg, Zwiefaltendorf: Rescue workers search for passengers in a derailed train. The passenger train derailed in the Biberach district between the districts of Zweifaltendorf and Zell.
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Overview

  • At least three passengers were killed and dozens injured when two carriages of a Deutsche Bahn Regional Express train derailed near Riedlingen on July 27.
  • About 100 people were aboard the service running between Sigmaringen and Ulm when the train left the tracks around 6:10 p.m. in a forested section of Baden-Württemberg.
  • Emergency services, including fire brigades, rescue crews and police, have wrapped up rescue efforts after evacuating survivors and treating the wounded.
  • Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Interior Minister Thomas Strobl are overseeing victim support and coordinating an inquiry into environmental and technical factors.
  • The suspension of traffic on a 40-kilometre stretch has intensified calls for investment in Germany’s aging rail network.