Saturday, December 3, 2016

Hundreds of passengers stranded on trains in cold weather – Aftonbladet

Multiple trains are now completely still on the stretch between Gällivare and Nattavaara.

152 passengers are stranded on board trains.

Handbollslaget Strömnäs GIF have been fixed in hours and will now miss four matches.

– I’m very disappointed, ” says 16-year-old Linnea.

Seven trains are currently still on those railway tracks between the Gällivare and Nattavaara. Four of these are passenger trains.

a Total of 152 passengers are now stuck on the Norrtågs train in the harsh cold.

– They are still on the trains and there should be heat on board, ” says Mia Bäckström Tried the press service.

According to the Mia Bäckström is no information about how the passengers on the trains are doing.

– But we have staff on board who take care of them, ” she says.

SJ:s trains from Stockholm to Narvik, sits firmly on the leg.

Absolutely the handball law firm: "disappointed"

A-girls in the handbollslaget Strömnäs GIF has been stuck ago 07-time in the morning. Now will the girls miss all their four matches in the Small world CUP qualifying.

– I am very disappointed and tired of it would be like this, it’s really sad, ” says Linnea, 16.

In the meantime, they should get in the way, they try to entertain themselves with, to watch movies, talk and keep on with the cell phone.

– But there is bad connection here, so the majority are bored and in addition, it is 22 degrees below zero there.

the Girls have looked forward to the matches that would be played in day and in the morning a long time. But now, they will miss everything and when they get in the way, it gets to to go home again.

– In the beginning we were positive but now iv become tired. We have no food left and the trains might be going to turn so we can go home again. It feels sad, ” says 15-year-old Elina.

cold weather cause to stop

the Company is now working full time with that stile into ersättningsbussar.

– Norrtåg trying to bring in buses to solve this, but it is not always easy to arrive by bus to the railway because it is far to the roads, ” says Johan Tjerneng on the transport agency’s press office.

One of the three departures to date have been replaced by the bus, according to the Norrtåg.

the Cause is an electrical fault that occurred somewhere on the route. P4 Norrbotten reports that it is the severe cold that is behind the elfelet.

– We do not yet know whether it’s because of the cold, but it is very cold up there at between 20 and 25 degrees. It affects the technical equipment, and also makes it harder to work if it is cold, ” he says.

Dmv: no forecast

At 12 o’clock, the situation is unchanged, but the transport department has sent out a elbuss soms ka check the contact wires to find the problem.

Ännnu is no forecast.

– First, when we found the problem, we can have a forecast and we have to work slowly because of the cold so we don’t break any more.

the Text to be updated.

the FACTS

Trains standing still:

Two morgontåg that runs from Luleå/Boden and that would have been there in Gällivare at 08-time 09-time.

the Train that runs from Gällivare to Luleå/Boden, sweden with departure time at 07 from Gällivare.

SJ:s trains from Stockholm to Narvik is fixed. The train would have arrived in Gällivare 08.15, but beräkas instead arrive at 13.35.

in Addition, three freight trains on the route to a standstill.

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