The reasons for the derailment appear to be “naturally railway-related”, says Bäckstrand. The National Accident Commission, SHK, has some hypotheses but does not want to go into them further as they do not have all the facts yet.
The damage also appears to be clearly less than feared.
– The first information we received was that five kilometers of track could be damaged. Rather, it appears to be just under two kilometers. But it is still difficult to assess as we cannot see all parts of the track due to the amount of snow, says Jonas Bäckstrand.