An embankment hearth on the tracks brought on hours of restrictions on the Berlin-Leipzig railway line – with penalties in different federal states too. A scorching brake on a freight prepare began the hearth round 1 p.m., stated hearth division operations supervisor Mario Schumann. The hearth was lastly extinguished late within the night.
Because the German railway In response to a dpa request, prepare site visitors on the route has been working once more since round 10 p.m. Nevertheless, some trains are nonetheless beginning late – as a result of the employees is barely out there later resulting from earlier issues. Deutsche Bahn had beforehand introduced on its web site within the afternoon that the route in Brandenburg between Jüterbog and Ludwigsfelde was closed because of the hearth.
An ICE to Hamburg needed to cease in Trebbin, south of Berlin cease and drive again to Leipzig, as a spokeswoman stated. “The management middle, in coordination with the authorities and the operations middle, determined to return to Leipzig after the scenario had been clarified. This took about three hours. We deeply remorse the inconvenience brought on to vacationers.” The “Bild” newspaper had beforehand reported.
Detours and outages
In response to Deutsche Bahn, long-distance trains had been rerouted. The railway spokeswoman stated that prepare or cease cancellations might sometimes happen. “We remorse the inconvenience brought on to vacationers.” The next long-distance connections had been affected:
- ICE trains between Berlin and Halle (Saale)/Leipzig
- ICE sprinter between Berlin and Erfurt
- Particular person IC trains between Berlin and Riesa/Dresden.
A take a look at the DB journey info within the night confirmed that a number of ICE sprinters to Erfurt had been delayed by two hours, one even by three hours. The ICE trains between Berlin and Halle/Saale additionally reached their vacation spot considerably late. They often spent round an hour longer.
Hearth unfold over a number of kilometers
The Fire department had been in large-scale operation. A spokesman for the regional management middle stated early within the night that the hearth division was deployed between Thyrow and Trebbin with 65 personnel. Flames could possibly be seen and there was plenty of smoke. The hearth brigade’s high precedence is to make sure that the hearth doesn’t unfold into the forest close to Trebbin. Operations supervisor Schumann later stated that the hearth had additionally reached the forest. In response to his earlier findings, there have been repeated hearth spots over a distance of round twelve kilometers.
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