Overview
- Trains are running again between Billstedt and Mümmelmannsberg after a Tuesday evening derailment halted service.
- An empty U2 train struck a buffer stop at Billstedt, causing three cars to partially derail.
- The driver sustained minor injuries and was taken to a hospital, and no passengers were on the derailed train.
- Power was cut after the crash, and 172 passengers from a separate train were safely evacuated and bussed to a station.
- Recovery teams had uncoupled the consist to tow undamaged cars away, replacement buses have ended, and the operator's investigation continues.