Stuttgart/Berlin (dpa/lsw) - The technical problems at Deutsche Bahn, which were resolved during the day, also messed up travel plans in Baden-Württemberg on Saturday. Several connections to and from Baden-Württemberg were canceled or, in some cases, significantly delayed. Among other things, trips to Mannheim, Karlsruhe and Stuttgart were affected. However, the railway did not provide any information on the extent of the effects in the southwest.
According to the railway and the federal government, the disruption is said to have been triggered by an act of sabotage. Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing spoke of sabotage at two locations in Landau in the Palatinate. Cables were severed, said the FDP politician. He spoke of "acts of sabotage".
Rail traffic in large parts of northern Germany had been paralyzed since the morning due to a disruption in the digital train radio system. Countless travelers were temporarily stranded at the train stations because all long-distance traffic and some regional traffic were stopped in large parts of northern Germany. Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein were particularly affected, as Deutsche Bahn wrote on Twitter.
According to a railway spokeswoman, the digital train radio is used for communication between the trains and the control centers that control the train traffic. It is therefore an indispensable component for smooth train traffic.
