Správa železnic Noted 296 Events during the Sabine Storm
From a total number of 192 operation stop cases, 19 events concerned preventive operation stops; 169 events were caused by trees fallen on the railway line and four events had other causes (roof fall on tracks, installation in the trackage etc.). The worst situation was in South Bohemia Region and West Bohemia Region managed by the Regional Directorate Plzeň where 65 events occurred in total. The longest period of operation stop, more specifically almost 80 hours took place between Rybník and Lipno in South Bohemia where dozens of fallen trees damaged the catenary and due to hardly accessible terrain, their removal took a long time.
The worst situation was on Monday 10 February when Správa železnic noted 219 events in total; one day later, it was 76 events. As far as damage is concerned, it exceeded a limit of CZK 2.7 million in the two most affected regions; total damage for the whole network of Správa železnic amounted to CZK 8.9 million. Besides damaged railway lines and the catenary, some passenger buildings were also damaged during the storm such as in Turnov, Liberec, Praha-Běchovice or Újezdec u Luhačovic. These cases concerned mostly partly damaged roofs.
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