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Two incidents bring rail traffic between Frankfurt and Cologne to a standstill. The effects are serious. © Julian Stratenschulte/dpa
An emergency medical intervention and damage to the overhead line are causing massive delays on the ICE route between Frankfurt and Cologne. The details are still unclear.
Frankfurt – The ICE route between Frankfurt and Cologne was closed on Friday evening (September 27th). The reason was two incidents, as Deutsche Bahn reports on its website: an emergency medical intervention on the route near Idstein in the Rheingau-Taunus district and damage to overhead lines in the Limburg area.
According to Deutsche Bahn, individual long-distance trains would have to be rerouted and would therefore be delayed by around 90 minutes. The stops in Limburg Süd, Montabaur and Siegburg/Bonn were omitted. In addition, there are cancellations and partial cancellations of trains.
ICE route Frankfurt-Cologne closed on Friday
The accident near Idstein occurred according to a report by Hessenschau around 5:18 p.m. The circumstances are still unclear, the emergency services are on site. In addition, according to a railway spokeswoman, there are still three trains on the open route. The details here are still unclear, as is the case Hessenschau reported.
The ICE route between Frankfurt and Cologne is currently closed in both directions and, according to Deutsche Bahn, is not expected to be reopened until Saturday. (near)
