The Transport Accident and Incident Investigation Bureau has issued an urgent safety recommendation following the accident on 7 August 2025 at Riga Passenger Station, where a Škoda electric train and a track motor car (drezina) collided laterally. The accident occurred when a track motor car belonging to VAS "Latvijas dzelzceļš" Track Management Department passed a shunting signal displaying a stop aspect and, after approximately 150 meters, collided with the oncoming electric train. Urgent…
The Transport Accident and Incident Investigation Bureau has issued an urgent safety recommendation following the accident on 7 August 2025 at Riga Passenger Station, where a Škoda electric train and a track motor car (drezina) collided laterally. The accident occurred when a track motor car belonging to VAS "Latvijas dzelzceļš" Track Management Department passed a shunting signal displaying a stop aspect and, after approximately 150 meters, collided with the oncoming electric train. Urgent Safety Recommendation No. 2025-1 To VAS Latvijas dzelzceļš: Establish that the duty officer at Riga Passenger Station must not dispatch or receive trains, nor prepare a shunting route for a train (or shunting consist), if this route intersects with…
