{"id":8801,"date":"2026-02-16T10:45:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T10:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/8801\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T10:45:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T10:45:05","slug":"avalanche-causes-train-derailment-in-swiss-alps-rescue-operation-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/8801\/","title":{"rendered":"Avalanche causes train derailment in Swiss Alps, rescue operation underway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>16 February 2026 13:41<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A perilous rescue operation is underway after a passenger train derailed near the village of Goppenstein in the Swiss Alps this morning. The train, carrying 80 passengers, departed from Brig at approximately 6:12 a.m. before derailing following an avalanche in the area, Metro <a style=\"color: rgb(53, 152, 219);\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2026\/02\/16\/avalanche-crashes-train-swiss-alps-causing-several-casualties-26928585\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Police confirmed the incident, stating: \u201cTrain derailment, likely with injuries, response underway, more information to follow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Swiss Railway Company Bern-L\u00f6tschberg-Simplon (BLS) reported that the derailment occurred due to an avalanche in the Stockgraben area, adding: \u201cThe train derailed due to an avalanche that came down in the Stockgraben area. The passengers will be evacuated shortly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Heavy snowfall is believed to have triggered the avalanche, and other train lines in the region have been suspended until at least 4 p.m., according to <a style=\"color: rgb(53, 152, 219);\" href=\"https:\/\/www.20min.ch\/story\/wallis-mehrere-verletzte-nach-zug-entgleisung-103507145?version=1771225136283&amp;utm_medium=social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">20 Minuten<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The number of injured passengers remains unclear, though local media have reported that several people sustained injuries.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">This incident comes just five days after another avalanche in the same region cut off a local valley from the outside world, highlighting the ongoing risks posed by severe winter conditions in the Swiss Alps.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">By Vafa Guliyeva<\/p>\n<p>Caliber.Az<\/p>\n<p>Read more about the key topics in this news story.<\/p>\n<p>Views: 153<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"16 February 2026 13:41 A perilous rescue operation is underway after a passenger train derailed near the village&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8802,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[50,1031,1037,1036,1032,1035,1030,1034,1033,1029],"class_list":{"0":"post-8801","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-alps","8":"tag-alps","9":"tag-analysis-of-azerbaijan","10":"tag-azerbaijan","11":"tag-baku","12":"tag-important-news-of-azerbaijan","13":"tag-international-experts","14":"tag-interviews","15":"tag-interviews-with-azerbaijani-analysts","16":"tag-news-from-baku","17":"tag-news-of-azerbaijan"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}