Overview

• Deutsche Bahn said the destroyed Gerwisch signal box must be replaced and estimated at least 12 months from construction start to commissioning, while preparing to link the Biederitz and Möser signal boxes to run more trains by the December timetable change.
• Police continue to examine the Gerwisch blaze, focusing on two technicians and assessing negligent causation versus technical defect, with no indication of a deliberate attack reported.
• An ICE fatally struck a man at a crossing in Emmerich on Thursday evening, halting trains to the Netherlands for hours before services resumed after 22:00 with lingering delays.
• Alcohol and speed figured in several serious crashes: a THW truck overturned in Döbeln with the driver testing 1.64‰ and losing his license, a Beverstedt driver blew over 1.6‰, and a BMW driver on the A14 near Leipzig faces a blood test and hit‑and‑run charge; three young men were severely injured in a high‑speed rollover in Schechen with alcohol testing pending.
• An attempted arson caused minor damage to a mobile speed‑enforcement trailer near Grumbach that remains in operation, while investigators appealed for witnesses in senior‑targeting frauds in Forstinning and Berlin and in a Schönebeck gas‑station robbery; a family escaped a house fire in Loßburg though their dog died.