Münchendorf derailment

A passenger train comprising two Siemens Desiro ML Ventus electric multiple units derailed near Münchendorf, in the Mödling district of Lower Austria, Austria.

[1][2] The Raaberbahn train was travelling from Deutschkreutz via Vienna to Bratislava, Slovakia on the Pottendorf line which is operated by ÖBB Infra.

[5] The alarm was raised at 18:27, with the Achau, Guntramsdorf and Münchendorf fire brigades attending the scene.

This was the first fatal rail accident in Austria since a collision at Niklasdorf in 2018.

[5] It was reported that the train had gone through a set of points at more than 100 kilometres per hour (62 mph), almost double the speed limit.