Quite a tail to tell! Train crashes through barrier at Dutch station - and lands on giant whale sculpture 25ft in the air

 

• The train ran through the station buffer at 12.30am with no passengers on board at De Akkers metro station 
• The train shot through the end of the track and came to rest suspended on a giant whale sculpture 25ft high 
• Authorities are now faced with task of removing the train, which incurred extensive damage in the incident 

A train has crashed through a barrier at a Dutch station, landing on a giant whale sculpture 25ft in the air. 

The train ran through the station buffer at 12.30am at De Akkers metro station in the city of Spijkenisse.

There were no passengers inside the train when the incident happened, and the train driver was unharmed although shaken up. 

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A metro train crashed through a buffer stop and landed on a 25ft-high whale artwork near De Akkers station in Spijkenisse, Netherlands, on November 2

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The train ran through the station buffer at 30 minutes past midnight last night, at De Akkers metro station in the city of Spijkenisse

He was taken to hospital for a check-up.  

Images show how the train shot through the end of the track and came to rest suspended precariously on the artwork. 

The undercarriage of the train was completely ripped up in the process, and the train's back windows were smashed in. 

The photos show the train's display sign, which still reads in Dutch: 'Sorry, no service.' 

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Images show how the train shot through the end of the track and came to rest suspended precariously on the artwork

Authorities are now faced with the task of removing the train, which incurred extensive damage in the incident, and reopening the station, although the area will be cordoned off for quite some time.

'It will be quite an exercise, it will take some time,' a police spokesperson told local media. 

The artwork that it came to rest on, known as 'Whale tails', features two tails which are designed to look as though they are protruding out of water at a height of 25ft each. 

Authorities are also investigating exactly how the train could have come off the rails so severely.