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One seriously injured after Sweden train crash

The Swedish Accident Investigation Board (Statens haverikommission - SHK) is now investigating a train accident on Sunday night in which 18 people were injured, one seriously, in eastern Sweden.

One seriously injured after Sweden train crash

A high-speed X2000 train and a crane truck near Kimstad station between Linköping and Norrköping in eastern Sweden collided on Sunday evening.

“There were 244 people onboard the train, several of them are seriously injured and are stuck fast,” said a duty officer at Östgötaland police to news agency TT.

Östgötaland police spokesperson Mikael Skoog arrived at the scene shortly after 9pm.

“I can see a train which is damaged all along the side. It is very damaged along carriage two and three. It is clear that something has hit the side of the carriages,” he said.

He was not yet able to divulge details over the injured.

Police and emergency services received the alarm about the train crash shortly before 8pm. The train was on its way from Norrköping south towards Linköping,

The tracks between Linköping and Norrköping will be closed at least until midnight,” according to the Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket).

The train started its journey in Stockholm at 5:40pm and was due to arrive in Malmö just after 10pm.

“Maintenance work is being undertaken by the railway tracks where the accident has taken place,” said Mikael Skoog.

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TRANSPORT

Copenhagen Metro lines reopen after two-week closure

Lines M3 and M4 of the Copenhagen Metro are back in service having reopened on Sunday, one day ahead of schedule.

Copenhagen Metro lines reopen after two-week closure

The two lines had been closed so that the Metro can run test operations before opening five new stations on the M4 line this summer.

The tests, which began on February 10th, are now done and the lines were running again as of Sunday evening, a day ahead of the original planned reopening on Monday February 26th.

“We are very pleased to be able to welcome our passengers on to our two lines M3 and M4,” head of operations with the Metro Søren Boysen said.

“The whole test procedure exceeded all expectations and went faster than expected and we can therefore get a head start on our reopening now,” he said.

Time set aside for potential repeat tests was not needed in the event, allowing the test closures to be completed ahead of time.

“Several of our many tests went better than expected and we have therefore not used all the time we needed for extra tests,” Boysen said.

The two lines serve around one million passengers every week, according to the Metro company.

READ ALSO: Copenhagen city government greenlights extension to Metro line

The new stops on the M4 line will be located south of central Copenhagen in the Valby and Sydhavn areas. The will have the names Haveholmen, Enghave Brygge, Sluseholmen, Mozarts Plads and København Syd (Copenhagen South).

The M3 and M4 lines, the newer sections of the Metro, opened in 2019 and 2020 respectively.

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