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Fire, Car Crash Delay Trains on Busy German Rail Route

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A fire at a signal box near the northern German city of Hanover disrupted rail traffic between Hanover and Berlin on Saturday, followed by a dramatic car accident that damaged an overhead line, reported dpa. A drunk driver crashed his car into a concrete bollard in Kleefeld on the outskirts of Hanover, flinging it from the bridge onto the tracks below. The overhead line was so badly damaged that a fully occupied intercity express train with 900 …

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After the fire at a interlocking, rail travellers between Hanover and Berlin have to expect delays until the afternoon.

·Germany
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The Hanover-Berlin railway line is still affected. A serious car accident, in which a concrete poller flew on the tracks, caused additional chaos. Previously, a switchbox had burned – it was unclear whether there was arson or a technical defect.

·Dortmund, Germany
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On the train line between Hannover and Berlin there are probably delays until Monday. First a safety box burned, later a car drove against a bridge – a bollard was thrown onto the railway system.

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After a car accident on a bridge an ICE with 900 passengers had to be evacuated in Hanover. There were several medical emergencies. Poller crashed on tracks.

·Berlin, Germany
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In the event of an accident in Hanover, a car falls over a bridge and rams a concrete poller. It is thrown onto an underlying train line. Hundreds of passengers are stuck in an ICE.

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A car rams a concrete poller that hurls against the overhead line of a railway line. A fully-occupied ICE with hundreds of travellers is stuck there.

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wz.de broke the news in on Sunday, September 14, 2025.
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