Services are expected to be restricted until next week, particularly affecting Berlin trains.
Deutsche Bahn has announced that train services will be restricted until next week due to the cable fire on a railway linewhich mainly affects Berlin. According to the company, technical experts are working to repair the damage, but the magnitude of the damage means that Repairs continue throughout the weekend.
The fire, which occurred in a railway cable shaft in Berlin, has disrupted several signals and points between Berlin-Hauptbahnhof and Berlin-Spandau. This has led to restrictions on long-distance, regional and S-Bahn services, with the Berlin-Spandau stop cancelled.
A Deutsche Bahn spokesperson has stated that the main impact is the national delays. The company has ruled out that the fire was due to technical causes, while the S-Bahn division points to the vandalism as probable cause. The Berlin State Criminal Investigation Office has taken over the investigation, according to the police. Passengers are advised to expect delays and monitor the evolving situation.
The attack is part of a series in which the Bremen railway infrastructure and Hamburg was also targeted last week. The authors call for global sabotage of infrastructure and refer to the acts of sabotage perpetratedin France at the start of the Olympic Games.
