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Germany rail network briefly halted nationwide due to IT malfunction
Germany rail network briefly halted nationwide due to IT malfunction
9 hours ago
Claire Keenan
A DB Deutsche Bahn passenger train is seen at a standstill with passengers waiting on the platform.
German rail company Deutsche Bahn had to pause its train services across the country due to a nationwide IT disruption on Tuesday night. ... All its trains were held at stations following a malfunction with the country's digital railway radio network, causing widespread disruption.
Deutsche Bahn later said the disruption had been fixed after trains were at a complete standstill for more than two-and-a-half hours.
"Our IT experts worked tirelessly to resolve the issue – successfully. The disruption was quickly fixed, and service is now gradually resuming," it said. "We thank all passengers for their patience," it added.
At 22:30 local time (21:30 BST), Deutsche Bahn said a nationwide disruption of the Global System for Mobile Communication for Railways (GSM-R) meant that all trains were being held at stations.
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Passengers queue at the Deutsche Bahn service point at the main station in Bremen, Germany, during the outage.
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9 hours ago
Claire Keenan
A DB Deutsche Bahn passenger train is seen at a standstill with passengers waiting on the platform.
German rail company Deutsche Bahn had to pause its train services across the country due to a nationwide IT disruption on Tuesday night. ... All its trains were held at stations following a malfunction with the country's digital railway radio network, causing widespread disruption.
Deutsche Bahn later said the disruption had been fixed after trains were at a complete standstill for more than two-and-a-half hours.
"Our IT experts worked tirelessly to resolve the issue – successfully. The disruption was quickly fixed, and service is now gradually resuming," it said. "We thank all passengers for their patience," it added.
At 22:30 local time (21:30 BST), Deutsche Bahn said a nationwide disruption of the Global System for Mobile Communication for Railways (GSM-R) meant that all trains were being held at stations.
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Passengers queue at the Deutsche Bahn service point at the main station in Bremen, Germany, during the outage.
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