Bridge Failure Database

Wuppertal Schwebebahn bridge (Wupper River)

Year 1999
Type Rail
Country Germany (55)
Cause Human error
Details Maintenance people left maintenance equipment on tracks, train derails
Fatalities 5
Injuries 2
Phase in service
Period 1991-2009
Continent Europe
Reference SCHEER, J., Versagen von Bauwerken, Band 1: Brücken, Ernst & Sohn, Berlin, 2000.

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