U-railway chaos in Munich: U6 temporarily closed after accident on the Harras!

U-railway chaos in Munich: U6 temporarily closed after accident on the Harras!

München, Deutschland - The U6 subway line in Munich is temporarily interrupted due to an accident on the Harras. The incident occurred on June 12, when a subway train derailed during a maneuvering. Fortunately, both the driver and the passengers were not injured, since there were no passengers on the train at the time of the accident. However, fleece parts and the power rail were damaged, which promptly led to repair work. This information situation is reported by tz.de

The subsequent repair work means that the U6 between Partnachplatz and Implerstrasse stands still for a few days. But the Munich transport company reacted quickly and set up replacement traffic on buses that run every five minutes. During this interruption, the U6 can continue to be used until Wednesday between the pine garden and Sendlinger Tor as well as from Implerstraße to Fürstenried West and from Partnachplatz to the Großhadern Clinic, such as Bahnblogstelle.com describes.

around the U6 - preview of the traffic situation

It is not the first interruption for the U6 recently. An extensive construction site between Implerstraße and Großhadern Clinic was only completed at the end of May. Road users must also adapt to further restrictions in the north of the U6 by the end of July due to planned construction work. If you are dependent on the regular line 54, you can use it regularly from the Partnachplatz and Brudermühlstraße stops.

Away from the current situation, it should be noted that accidents in local public transport in Germany rarely have serious consequences. According to a statistical evaluation of the German Statutory Accident Insurance (DGUV), only 1,212 people in the train, subway or tram had an accident between 2016 and 2020, while most reporting path accidents were careful. This assessment offers an additional, soothing context for the recent incident.

The DGUV also points out that the day of traffic safety on June 18, 2022 is reminiscent of the importance of safe means of transport, and in your current report you emphasize how important investments in public transport are to increase security for all road users. Statistically speaking, public transport is one of the safest types of locomotion, which also becomes clear in the case of the U6 accident.