Nearing their destination, the train operator noticed that the brakes didn't respond.

The platform was quickly evacuated as the train sped into the station.

[2] The locomotive plowed into the buffer stop at the end of the track at 10.57 pm, launching it up the one meter high platform and a further three meters into the air before plowing through the station's dining area and into the platform itself.

The passenger wagons of the train were saved from destruction thanks to a broken link between the wagons, and stayed on the tracks, coming to a halt following the collision and leaving its occupants unharmed.

[2] The accident killed two train conductors and following clean-up operations the following day, a third victim was discovered, the daughter of Swiss politician Arnold Roth had been the only occupant of the female first class section in the post wagon.