In long-distance rail traffic between Berlin and Hamburg it had come on Friday evening to significant delays. Because of trees in the track, the train traffic had to be diverted, said a spokesman for the railway. The speech was about delays of about 90 minutes. Late on Friday evening the track was free again.
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According to initial findings, the trees were according to the spokesman because of gusts of wind crashed on the track.
Not all passengers lost their good mood
In addition, it also came to the detour route to difficulties, because near Uelzen a tree had fallen into a catenary. Therefore, the traffic there, according to a railway spokesman in the evening at times only single-track drive.
At the Salzwedel station in Saxony-Anhalt, where two ICE trains had stopped at neighboring tracks, some passengers drove off the platform singing and dancing.