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Waiting at the Stuttgart train station
Photo: Christoph Schmidt / dpa
Wrong row of wagons or different track?
No, worse.
A broken catenary paralyzed all rail traffic around Stuttgart's main station on Saturday - nothing worked for hours.
Only in the evening did the first S-Bahn trains go underground to the main station again, and later some of the 16 above-ground tracks were released for regional and long-distance traffic.
The result was massive delays, train cancellations and frustrated travelers with packed suitcases.
It can be assumed that the restrictions will continue on Sunday for the time being, said a railway spokesman.
The cause of the damage is still unclear.
Not only the travelers, but also the Twitter account of the S-Bahn Stuttgart could not be denied a certain resignation.
"I'm really sorry guys, there's absolutely a worm in here at the moment," it read.
"The worm in there," that's been true since Saturday morning, with rail traffic around Stuttgart's main station standing still.
All long-distance trains between Mannheim, Heidelberg, Karlsruhe and Ulm with a stop in Stuttgart were diverted.
Alternatively, trains stopped in Esslingen.
Trains from or towards northern Germany ended or began in Mannheim or Heidelberg, some in Bietigheim-Bissingen.
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