Overview

• An overhead line fell near Neumünster’s freight yard on May 30, blocking both long-distance and regional trains between Hamburg and Kiel or Flensburg
• Federal police report the cause of the line failure remains unknown pending further investigation
• Deutsche Bahn has organized a bus replacement service to carry affected passengers along the route
• Repair crews began work immediately and expect the damaged line to be restored by this evening
• This latest incident adds to a series of rail disruptions in Germany over recent months driven by infrastructure faults such as overhead line damages and signal failures