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The premiere run of the first train on the newly electrified route between Lindau and Munich ended with a major breakdown on Sunday: the long-distance train of the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) coming from Zurich was directed to the wrong track without overhead lines near Hergatz in the Bavarian-Swabian district of Lindau and then got stuck there.
"There is a diesel lock on the way to pull the train out of the non-electrified track section," said a railway spokesman.
The long-distance train had rolled to Hergatz station so that the passengers could get off there.
They had to switch to regional trains.
The first return train on the new route, which ran from Munich to Zurich, arrived at its destination on schedule.
Long-distance traffic on the affected route had to be stopped in both directions after the breakdown because the overhead line was apparently damaged.
A repair team is on the way, the spokesman explained.
At the moment, the damage cannot yet be estimated, nor can it be when the long-distance route can be used again.
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Regional traffic operated by diesel trains is not affected.
However, delays are possible.
How the breakdown came about was initially unclear.
With the timetable change on Sunday, the metropolises of Munich and Zurich should be connected more quickly.
The electrical expansion of the largely single-track line between Geltendorf and Lindau cost 500 million euros, according to Deutsche Bahn.
3,650 masts were erected, overhead lines stretched over 155 kilometers, noise barriers built and curves made for the tilting technology of Swiss trains.