Train network in northern Germany disrupted due to 'sabotage'

A congestion at a station in Berlin due to broken trains.

AFP

The German news agency, quoting the railway company Deutsche Bahn, said that an act of sabotage was behind the disruption of the train network in northern Germany, yesterday.

"Because of the sabotage of the cables connected to the railway line, transportation across the railway line in the north was stopped for nearly three hours," the company said.

The company added that rail transport remained disrupted until yesterday evening due to a problem with radio communications.

German Transport Minister Volker Wessing said the widespread disruptions to rail traffic in northern Germany were caused by vandalism at two sites, where cables were deliberately cut.

All long-distance and medium-distance trains were suspended in the morning in large parts of northern Germany.

The railway company later announced that the fault had been removed, but the disruption to the movement of trains lasted for several hours.

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