All high-speed and regional connections, as well as freight transport, were interrupted for more than three hours on Saturday.
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Rail traffic was interrupted for nearly three hours in northern Germany on Saturday October 8. After the partial restoration of traffic, the company Deutsche Bahn affirmed that a “sabotage” was the cause of the failure. This possible sabotage targeted “cables essential for the movement of trains”on all high-speed and regional links, as well as freight transport, said the German company.
The incident notably led to an interruption of connections between Berlin and certain regions in the west and north of the country such as Schleswig-Holstein, the cities of Hamburg and Bremen or even Lower Saxony and part of Rhineland. -North-Westphalia.
“Cables essential to the operation were voluntarily and intentionally cut”Transport Minister Volker Wissing confirmed in a statement to the press. “It is clear that this is a targeted and deliberate action”, “a premeditated act”he added, specifying that the motive was not “still known”. “We now know that the cables were intentionally cut in two places”said the German minister.
More specifically, it would be the GSM-R radio network of the trains used for communication with the drivers. But also, more generally,“central interface between trains and infrastructure” control, according to Spiegel, the first media to mention, citing security sources, suspicions of sabotage. The federal police are in charge of the investigation.