A communication problem forced Germany’s rail system to halt all trains late Tuesday, leaving passengers stranded across the country.
The main national rail operator, Deutsche Bahn, said all trains were being held up at stations because of a nationwide problem with the GSM-R digital communication system, used for internal communications on the rail network.
Deutsche Bahn said in a statement at midnight, 1½ hours after first announcing the problem, that the cause had been identified, but did not say what it was.
It said that technicians are “working hard on a solution”.
It did not specify how long that might take or say how many trains or passengers were affected.
Bild newspaper quoted Deutsche Bahn CEO Evelyn Palla as saying that “we are now trying to get the train into the station so passengers can get off”.
