Germany’s rail network halts after communications failure

A nationwide outage in Deutsche Bahn’s wireless communications system brought all trains across Germany to a standstill on Tuesday evening.

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All trains across Germany halted on Tuesday evening after a fault in Deutsche Bahn's wireless communications system. The national rail operator said technical teams were working to fix the problem but offered no timeline for restoration.

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  • All Deutsche Bahn trains stopped running Tuesday evening
  • A wireless communications fault caused the nationwide outage
  • Deutsche Bahn gave no timeline for restoration

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Every train in Germany stopped running on Tuesday evening after a fault struck the national rail network’s wireless communications systems.

Deutsche Bahn said its technical teams were working at full capacity to resolve the disruption, though the company gave no indication of how long the outage would last. Berlin’s public transport authority confirmed the failure was affecting all Deutsche Bahn services across the country.