A technical fault caused significant disruption for rail passengers in central Germany. Now everything seems to be back on schedule. What happened?
After several hours of disruption to train traffic due to a technical fault, everything has been running as planned since Sunday morning. No further effects on rail traffic are known, said a spokeswoman for Deutsche Bahn (DB). On Saturday afternoon, there were significant restrictions on rail traffic in central Germany due to an IT fault in the Rhine-Main area. Affected trains waited out the fault.
According to DB Regio, all regional and S-Bahn traffic in the Rhine-Main area was affected. The disruption was not resolved until late afternoon and train services resumed. However, disruptions continued until the end of operations.
A spokesman for the Federal Ministry of Transport said on Saturday that they assumed there was a technical defect. The cause was probably a power failure.
Source: Stern
