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[[File:Monbijoustrasse 51A-Eingang.jpg|thumb|Former IRFBA head office in Bern]]
The '''Investigation Bureau for Railway, Funicular and Boat Accidents'''<ref>"[http://www.sust.admin.ch/en/index.htm Home] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120918204837/http://www.sust.admin.ch/en/index.htm |date=18 September 2012 }}." ([https://archive.today/20120918204837/http://www.sust.admin.ch/en/index.htm Archive]) [[Swiss Accident Investigation Board]]. Retrieved on 16 February 2012.</ref> (IRFBA; {{langx|de|Unfalluntersuchungsstelle für Bahnen und Schiffe}}, UUS; {{langx|fr|Service d'enquête sur les accidents des transports publics}}, SEA; {{langx|it|Servizio d’inchiesta sugli infortuni dei trasporti pubblici}}, SII) was an agency of the government of [[Switzerland]]. In 2011, it was replaced by the [[Swiss Transportation Safety Investigation Board]].
== Description ==
Its head office was in [[Bern]], and it had an eastern Switzerland office in [[Schlieren, Switzerland|Schlieren]].<ref>"[http://www.uus.admin.ch/fr/uus_adressen.htm Adresses]." ([https://web.archive.org/web/20130615214147/http://www.uus.admin.ch/fr/uus_adressen.htm Archive]) Investigation Bureau for Railway, Funicular and Boat Accidents. Retrieved on 16 February 2012. "Le SEA a son siège à Berne. Le bureau Est se trouve à Schlieren afin que l’enquêteur puisse être plus rapidement sur les lieux si un événement se produit dans la région zurichoise ou en Suisse orientale. Les  adresses: Siège principal: Service d'enquête sur les accidents des transports publics Monbijoustr. 51 A 3003  Berne Bureau Est: Service d'enquête sur les accidents des transports publics Uitikonerstr. 9 8952 Schlieren"</ref> It investigated accidents and incidents concerning railway systems, funicular systems, and boats.
The agency was disestablished on 1 November 2011 when it and the [[Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (Switzerland)|Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau]] merged to form the [[Swiss Accident Investigation Board]].<ref>"[http://www.uvek.admin.ch/org/00469/02946/02958/index.html?lang=en Swiss Accident Investigation Board SAIB]." ([https://web.archive.org/web/20131022062627/http://www.uvek.admin.ch/org/00469/02946/02958/index.html?lang=en Archive]) [[Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications]]. Retrieved on 30 April 2013.</ref>
==See also==
* [[Fiesch derailment]]
== Notes and references ==
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==External links==
* [http://www.sust.admin.ch/en/index.html Official website]
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