For half an hour, no train is allowed to run on Berlin’s long-distance routes on Wednesday: a fire brigade operation at Deutsche Bahn is to blame.
On Wednesday afternoon, the trains stood still on all important regional and long-distance connections to and from Berlin. As a railway spokesman describes t-online, a fire alarm was triggered shortly after 5 p.m. in the Deutsche Bahn operations center. Why is unclear. The RBB reported first.
Accordingly, the Berlin fire brigade had evacuated the building – the dispatchers, who are decisive for the approval of train journeys, could no longer do their work. “During this time we held back the trains,” said the spokesman. All important connections to and from Berlin that travel on long-distance routes were affected.
Since the fire brigade could not find a fire in the headquarters, the dispatchers were able to resume their work at 5:37 p.m., according to the spokesman. Now we are investigating how the false alarm could have happened.
