For anyone interested in some details, here are two videos demonstrating the braking ability of this type of train.
Firstly, here’s a video showing the place of the accident: https://youtu.be/2-dxeLSmMXs&t=2231s
At spot 37:28 the accident spot is passed. It’s only at 37:21 that the spot becomes properly visible well enough for the driver to understand the other train is on his track. So, he had some seven seconds to slow down.
And here’s a video showing how that type of train decelerates in a full braking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuJpg0EcS5M
The accident train was an export version of the German ICE3 train, and this video is about an ICE train. Check how much the train is able to slow down in 7 seconds from various speeds. For example, from 300 km/h it slows down to “only” about 275 km/h in those 7 seconds. If the train has been running a bit slower, then of course there were a couple more seconds of time to slow down, but that still doesn’t help super much.
For anyone interested in some details, here are two videos demonstrating the braking ability of this type of train.
Firstly, here’s a video showing the place of the accident: https://youtu.be/2-dxeLSmMXs&t=2231s
At spot 37:28 the accident spot is passed. It’s only at 37:21 that the spot becomes properly visible well enough for the driver to understand the other train is on his track. So, he had some seven seconds to slow down.
And here’s a video showing how that type of train decelerates in a full braking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuJpg0EcS5M
The accident train was an export version of the German ICE3 train, and this video is about an ICE train. Check how much the train is able to slow down in 7 seconds from various speeds. For example, from 300 km/h it slows down to “only” about 275 km/h in those 7 seconds. If the train has been running a bit slower, then of course there were a couple more seconds of time to slow down, but that still doesn’t help super much.