I jumped out of bed today at 06:18, realizing I had overslept and was in danger of missing my train 06:53. So I jump into the shower, dress in a mad rush and hop on my bike to go down to the train station. As I arrive I realize I must have missed the train by a minute.

However, as I go in there I see an unusual flurry of people. And then I see the firetrucks and the blue flashing lights all over the train station. A police car was parked in the middle section between the tracks and a firehose was laid out across the tracks.

One of the train sets at the station had caught fire and the entire train traffic through Skövde – including the main Stockholm-Gothenburg line – was completely stopped. By the time I’m writing this (08:22) SJ still has no information about when traffic will resume.

These are some pictures I took of the incident.

The train that’s burning is the one standing on track 3, that is behind the white Vättertåget train. No flames were visible, but there was an awful lot of smoke, as can readily be seen.

“And that’s the way the cookie crumbles.”