Deutsche Bahn, a rail operator in Germany, said the failure of the rail network in the north of the country was the result of sabotage, state broadcaster ARD reported. This information was also confirmed by the dpa agency.
This was also confirmed by German Transport Minister Volker Wissing. “Fiber optic cables, essential for rail traffic, were deliberately and intentionally cut,” reported the dpa agency.
“The target of the attack was the railroad,” he added on Twitter.
Train traffic was stopped for almost three hours. The case is already under investigation.
The newspaper “Der Spiegel”, citing sources within the security services, informed that the cause of the breakdown could be a cut in the communication cables in two places.
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Railway paralysis in Germany. Deutsche Bahn: Rail traffic back to normal
In the morning, Deutsche Bahn reported that due to a technical breakdown due to lack of communication, all long-distance connections to and from Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein and Lower Saxony to and from Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe, Berlin and North Rhine-Westphalia had been suspended. ICE connections between Berlin, Hanover and North Rhine-Westphalia have also been suspended.
In addition, IC trains to and from Berlin to Amsterdam have been completely cancelled. IC trains to and from Copenhagen and Aarhus stop and start in Padborg. After 1 p.m., traffic resumed, but the operator reports numerous delays and canceled trains.
