Overview
- Emergency services evacuated 182 people from a regional train to Cologne after it stalled near Neuss on Friday morning.
- Passengers were escorted to another train that returned them to Neuss, where they were able to continue their trips.
- Widespread delays and partial cancellations affected several RE, RB and S-Bahn services, with Deutsche Bahn operating replacement transport, including six buses on S11 between Neuss Hbf and Köln-Worringen.
- Two tracks at Neuss station were closed as specialists worked on the damaged overhead line, and a rescue locomotive removed the stranded train in the afternoon.
- Deutsche Bahn said a short circuit in the overhead line triggered the stoppage and warned repairs could extend into the late evening; no injuries were reported.