Overview

• A Metronom regional train traveling from Hamburg to Bremen struck a burning branch near Buchholz at about 12:09 after an emergency brake.
• The train was moving at roughly 120 km/h, and none of the approximately 150 passengers were injured.
• Firefighters extinguished the fire, and a Deutsche Bahn emergency manager and the Bundespolizei secured the site.
• The route is closed between Buchholz and Hamburg-Harburg, with Metronom canceling and diverting RE4 and RB41 services and running replacement buses between Hamburg-Harburg and Sprötze on the diversion.
• Deutsche Bahn reported that long-distance trains are not affected, and the cause of the fallen branch remains undetermined.