Overview
- Leipzig Hauptbahnhof partially closed after a body was discovered on track 11, with an ICE reportedly evacuated before rail traffic gradually resumed and delays persisted across regional and long‑distance routes.
- In Hamburg‑Wilhelmsburg, a harbor shunting locomotive struck an HVV bus, killing a 19‑year‑old passenger; the 61‑year‑old driver and a 36‑year‑old passenger were seriously injured, four others were lightly hurt, and the crossing’s past incidents are under review by police.
- Bremen saw consecutive safety operations after reports of people on the station roof, with a 20‑year‑old secured and taken to psychiatric care and a later sighting prompting a full search and temporary shutdown.
- An unexplained report at Bremen’s Walle yard of a man being touched by a moving train yielded only a hat with traces of blood despite searches with dogs, and inquiries are continuing.
- Across the region, disruptions were extensive, including 104 train cancellations and 6,914 minutes of delay reported in Bremen, a police pursuit from Diepholz into Bremen with two passengers detained and the driver at large, and serious motorcycle crashes on the B110 and A3 causing one death and one life‑threatening injury.