Travelers stuck when six trains standing still in the cold – Västerbottens-kuriren (the Courier)

It was at seven in the morning as an electrical fault was discovered on the stretch between Gällivare and Nattavaara. It is at the moment unclear what caused the outage, but the staff is in place to try to locate the error. It writes NorrbottensKuriren.

For the Colour part was the train that would have arrived at 12.04 to Umeå, sweden C Luleå set. Also the train which supposed to depart from Umeå C at 12.54 to Luleå is set.

“I don’t know if it’s the cold that caused the problem, but it makes the repair work goes slowly,” says presskommunikatören Johan Tjernberg at the Dmv.

It is reported to be 20-25 degrees below zero in the area south of Gällivare.

It’s about a freight train, two ore trains and three passenger trains, which still stands on both sides of the power failure. All the trains have been standing on the railway stations waiting to get the go-ahead for further process.

For passenger traffic, it is about the two trains that were heading north and would have been ahead of the game in Gällivare at 8 and 9 o’clock. In addition, a train from Gällivare on the way down the coast with a departure time shortly after seven o’clock affected by the delay.

“I know that the operator is trying to get ersättningsbussar, but it is apparently not so easy in this cold,” adds Johan Tjernberg.

At 10 o’clock on Saturday morning, stated that the repair work is expected to be completed in about two hours.

– It is about an uncertain forecast. It is a right long stretch to be debugged. This can take time, ” says Johan Tjernberg at the Dmv.

Tony Gustavsson, handbollstränare for BBK’s girls, is on the way to Kiruna with his team. They left the Shed early in the morning and would be arriving at half past eleven.

Now they and several other teams in Nattavaara and will not proceed.

Apparently it was known that it was a good but the information was not up to the staff on the train. It is not unusual that it is de-energized at this stage and it is strange that the train was released away, ” says Tony Gustavsson.

the Passengers have been told that there are no buses in Gällivare, which can rescue the passengers.

” so long as there is heating on the train and it is served tea and buns. The mood is good among handbollstjejerna, ” says Tony Gustavsson, but elsewhere in the train, travelers are upset..

in Total, around 150 travellers who are tight on trains, according to the Tågkompaniet.

the Swedish transport administration’s forecast for when the error should be corrected is set to clock 11.15, but at 11.30 am was the trains still at a standstill.

On the transport agency website is updated the traffic information about disruptions in the rail service on a continuous basis.