- 4d ago
Deutsche Bahn starts five-month closure of right-bank Rhine line, night-time restrictions in Rhine-Main
From Friday, Deutsche Bahn closes the right-bank Rhine line between Wiesbaden and Troisdorf for five months of modernisation, while night-time works disrupt S-Bahn and regional services in the Rhine-Main area until late September.
- Jul 6
Trial opens in Wuppertal over one of Germany's largest illegal weapons caches, with 300 firearms and 100,000 rounds seized
Three men face charges after police uncovered 300 firearms, hand grenades, and anti-tank weapons hidden behind secret doors in a Remscheid residential building. The trial started Monday with a confession from one defendant.
- Jun 24
Deutsche Bahn blames technical update for nationwide train halt that stranded thousands
A botched maintenance swap on Deutsche Bahn’s internal radio system brought all passenger and freight trains to a stop late Tuesday, leaving passengers stranded and prompting renewed criticism of the state-owned operator.
- Jun 20
Lightning strike at Rastatt handball festival camp injures nine, one woman seriously, as storms lash southwest Germany
A lightning bolt hit a tent pole during a handball festival camp in Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg, on the night of 20 June, injuring nine people, one seriously. The strike was part of a line of severe thunderstorms that also caused festival evacuations, flash flooding, and power outages across southwestern Germany.
- Jun 14
Deutsche Bahn targets 10 July reopening for the renovated Cologne–Hagen rail corridor, with S‑Bahn relief already underway
After more than five months of full closure for a “Generalsanierung,” Deutsche Bahn says the heavily used route from Cologne via Wuppertal to Hagen will resume service on the evening of 10 July. Over 90 percent of track and overhead line work is complete, and parallel S‑Bahn tracks have already reopened.
