Two trains have slammed into each other near the Swiss city of Zurich, tipping over carriages and injuring at least five people.
A conductor was in a serious condition after the crash early on Friday.
A regional intercity train hit a commuter train at the Rafz train station, around 30 kilometres north of Zurich and not far from the German border about 6.45am, police and media said.
One of the trains derailed, and several carriages tipped on their side. The locomotive was smashed in, with broken glass and twisted metal visible through a gaping hole in the side.
"There are five injured, one seriously, the conductor," a regional police spokesman said at the scene.
Switzerland's national rail service SBB said the trains had been travelling in the same direction and that one had sideswiped the other where two tracks merge.
"The circumstances of the accident are being investigated," SBB said.
An 18-year-old passenger on the commuter train told the 20minutes daily the train had just begun pulling out of the station on its way to Schaffhouse when the conductor hit the brakes.
"An express train from Zurich came up from behind and hit the side of our train. The intercity train derailed," said the unidentified man.
Services on the train line between the towns of Bulach and Schaffhouse have been suspended until further notice.
SBB said it had secured the tipped cars so they would not topple over completely.
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