Defective signal box: water ingress paralyzes Cologne main station
Status: 08.09.2022 3:13 p.m
A signal box at Cologne Central Station has been broken since this morning. The reason is water damage. Many trains are canceled or, in some cases, heavily delayed.
Several regional train lines are affected, including the RB 48 from Wuppertal and the RE 6 between Düsseldorf and Cologne. Some of them will be diverted without stopping or separately between Leverkusen and Cologne-West. Only S-Bahn could drive, said a railway spokesman.
Trains to Cologne will be diverted
There are also stop failures in long-distance traffic. The connections between Hamburg and Munich or Berlin and Cologne are affected. According to Bahn, these trains will – if possible – via the station Cologne Messe/Deutz diverted.
Bahn employs additional employees
The train asks travelers with the destination Cologne Hbf to get off in Deutz and then take the S-Bahn or walk to the left side of the Rhine. Local trains will also be diverted or canceled. According to Bahn, additional employees are on duty at the Messe/Deutz train station to inform travelers. Deutsche Bahn also recommends that you find out more information at www.zuginfo.nrw or at www.bahn.de before departure.
Interlocking failure due to water ingress
The reason for the signal box failure was water ingress, said the railway spokesman. In the morning there was water damage outside the main station, water then flowed into the station and damaged the signal box. Technician is working flat out to eliminate the fault. It is unclear how long this will take.
We will also report on this topic on September 8th, 2022 in our radio news and on WDR television.
Source: wdr.de
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