Train service resuming after nationwide IT disruption fixed, German railway operator says
Technicians fixed the GSM-R digital radio fault overnight, and Deutsche Bahn said service was largely back by Wednesday morning with delays still possible.
- Train service across Germany resumed early on Wednesday after operator Deutsche Bahn fixed a nationwide disruption to the digital railway radio system.
- A problem with the Global System for Mobile Communications for Railways forced Germany's railway network to halt all trains late on Tuesday, leaving passengers stranded nationwide.
- Deutsche Bahn CEO Evelyn Palla said they "were able to stabilise the situation with an emergency system," while the operator issued taxi and hotel vouchers to stranded passengers.
- In recent years, complaints about train delays in Germany have become increasingly frequent, prompting the railway operator to conduct thorough overhauls of major routes after years of underinvestment.
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For hours nothing went on at Deutsche Bahn. Although the nationwide disturbance could be corrected – but there are still unexplained questions.
After the failure of the train radio the railway traffic in Germany starts again. A look at the technology nevertheless leaves nothing good for the near future.
Frankfurt Central Station in Germany is crowded with passengers waiting to board trains on the 24th. According to dpa and other sources, train operations across Germany were suspended for about two and a half hours after an error occurred in the railway communication system around 10:30 p.m. the previous day. Deutsche Bahn, the German state-owned railway operator, resumed train operations in the early hours of the morning, but experienced disrup…
The company issued a statement earlier this Wednesday informing that at 06.30 local time (04.30 GMT) the railway traffic had been "resumed practically normal".
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