Due to the large fire in a freight train at Etten-Leur, no trains will run between Breda and Roosendaal until eight o’clock on Thursday evening. This is reported by ProRail. The freight train was carrying hybrid cars. Forty went up in flames.
The damage to the track is so extensive that the work is taking longer than expected. ProRail previously reported that no more trains would run on this route for the rest of Wednesday.
“The train must be towed in parts. Only then can the repair to the track take place,” the company reports in a new statement on Wednesday evening.
Fire
A fire broke out in a freight train near Etten-Leur around noon on Wednesday after an overhead wire ended up on the train. Forty hyride cars carrying the train went up in flames. It is still unclear how this could have happened, ProRail reports.
The train would have been en route to Vlissingen Sloehaven. There were no passengers on the train. A lot of smoke was released during the fire. People nearby were warned to stay out of that smoke.
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