Switzerland train crash: Around 30 casualties after two trains collide in Andermatt

Police and medical teams rush to scene of accident

A train of the Matterhorn-Gotthardbahn railways drives up the Oberalbpass near the central Swiss town of Andermatt

Around 30 people have been injured after two trains collided in a station in central Switzerland.

The accident happened in Andermatt, a mountain town in the canton of Uri.

A Swiss railway operator says 27 people were injured during a re-routing manoeuvre.

Police and medical teams were rushed to the scene of the accident, which involved a locomotive and five rail cars with about 100 passengers on board.

The locomotive was supposed to move from the back of the train to the front on a parallel track, but instead crashed into the back of the train.

Jan Baerwalde, of train service operator Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn, said authorities were investigating the cause of the crash.

Sonja Aschwanden, of the Uri cantonal police, said she did not have any immediate information about the type of injuries or material damage.

None of the injuries are life-threatening, police for the Swiss canton of Uri said in a statement.