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Wiesbaden (dpa) - The defendant did not provide any information at the start of the trial for sabotage on the ICE high-speed route Cologne-Frankfurt.
The 52-year-old's lawyer announced on Wednesday that he would not say anything about the personal circumstances.
The trial in the Wiesbaden district court will continue this Thursday with the questioning of witnesses, including train drivers from Deutsche Bahn.
The public prosecutor's office accuses the accused German of, among other things, attempted murder.
The homeless is said to have dismantled rail fastenings near the Theiss valley bridge near Niedernhausen in Hesse in mid-March 2020.
According to the indictment, his aim was to derail a train.
More than 400 trains passed the dangerous spot at high speed over several days until two ICE train drivers became aware of it on March 20th. They noticed a change in driving behavior at 300 km / h and heard beating. The section was closed, and during the inspection shortly afterwards, loose tracks were discovered on a stretch of around 80 meters.