North Rhine-Westphalia: Obstacles to train traffic in the Königswinter area

Königswinter (dpa / lnw) - A fire on a railway line in the Königswinter area led to disabilities and train cancellations on Tuesday morning. The cause was a fire brigade on the railway line between Bad Honnef and Königswinter, said a spokesman for the Cologne Federal Police Inspectorate. Accordingly, a railway sleeper burned, which is said to have ignited after construction work. Affected trains were waiting at stations, there were delays and partial failures, as the railway announced. The Firefighters put out the fire. The operation ended around 6:00 a.m. The railway announced that trains were running “without restrictions” again.