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Brand new Forchbahn 62 damaged
Yesterday the first 2 of the 13 new Forchbahn vehicles were inspected by ministry officials and passed for service. But they will now not enter service as soon as expected. The same afternoon the units were running in town for publicity shootings, when technical problems occurred. The set was stopped outside Irchel depot and one unit detached to be taken inside. The other unit (number 62) started to roll away towards Milchbuck. The person on board was unable to stop the runaway. 62 struck the oncoming 2087 on route 9. Fortunately, nobody was injured. The repairs will take some 2 months and cost 100'000 to 200'000 Franks. An investigation has been launched. VBZ and Forchbahn director, Thomas Portmann, expressed "after 40 years Forchbahn is getting new cars and then this has to happen". Either he was misquoted, or he should take a better look at the fleetlist. Practically everything is younger than 40 years. Much of it significantly younger! Tagi and own observations
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