Freight train accident in Singen: railway line after derailing again!

Freight train accident in Singen: railway line after derailing again!

On June 10, 2025, the Singen station, Baden-Württemberg, occurred to a serious freight accident that had an important impact on rail traffic. A freight train derailed during a maneuvering, which led to the damage to the overhead line and to kink a current mast. As a result, the entire train station was taken from the power grid, which means that the operation had to be stopped for a while. According to ZVW , however, the important railway line is now free again, and the regular traffic has been absorbed since morning.

In the incident, there were considerable restrictions in regional and long-distance transport. The connections between Stuttgart and Switzerland were particularly affected. The connection between Tuttlingen and Schaffhausen was temporarily interrupted, which meant that passengers had to switch to buses and diesel -powered replacement trains. Transport-Online also reports that the failures also affect IC trains between Stuttgart and Radolfzell. These only ran between Stuttgart and Tuttlingen, while the IC trains between Karlsruhe and Konstanz were completely. Travelers were recommended to use regional trains between Tuttlingen and Engen as well as bus emergency traffic between Engen and Singen.

consequences of the accident

Deutsche Bahn recorded numerous failures and delays based on the incident. Long -distance transport was also severely restricted. According to police, there were no injuries. So far there has been no detailed information on loading the derailed freight train, but it was not a matter of dangerous goods.

In view of the statistical statistics of the Federal Statistical Office for Railway accidents , it should be noted that the number of accidents in Germany in Germany has a concern Has shown trend. The publication of this data on November 14, 2023 illustrates the relevance of security measures in rail traffic.