A Snake Stopped Trains in Bratislava. It Caused a Short Circuit.
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An investigation into Wednesday's outage on the railway between Bratislava's main station and the Rača district has revealed a curious cause. A snake that caused a short circuit may have been responsible.
A snake disrupted train traffic in Slovakia between Bratislava's main train station and the Rača district on Wednesday. It caused a short circuit in the traction line and a subsequent power outage. The reptile did not survive, but there were no other casualties. This is according to today's press release from the Slovak Railways (ŽSR).
Wednesday's train traffic restrictions in western Slovakia had an unconventional culprit.
On Wednesday, July 15, train traffic was completely interrupted in the Bratislava main station - Bratislava-Rača section from 9:15 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. due to a traction line fault. The cause of this fault turned out to be curious upon investigation. The burning and falling of the traction line was caused by a snake, informed...
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