A tree fell on the tracks of the Breisgau S-Bahn on Monday morning and damaged the overhead line. The repair work lasted all day. Now the route is free again.
A fir tree snapped off in the storm completely paralyzed traffic on the Breisgau S-Bahn in Höllental on Monday. At six o’clock the tree fell into the overhead line and onto the track in a section between the disused Posthalde train station and the courtyard of the same name, and then a train drove onto the fir tree. Nobody got hurt. However, the repair work lasted all day, also because a special vehicle had to come from Karlsruhe. Passengers could change to buses in Himmelreich and Hinterzarten.
The train driver and staff were not injured
The train driver and two other members of the train crew were uninjured. The …
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