15,000 volt line faulty
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Because he had installed his sprinkler system too close to the tracks, a farmer near Endingen caused a disruption in the overhead line of the Breisgau S-Bahn. The consequences were limited.
Too little water is currently the problem in many places; the levels of streams, rivers and lakes drop. A consequence of this drought briefly slowed down the Breisgau S-Bahn at the Kaiserstuhl on Monday morning. Because an agricultural sprinkler system caused a disturbance on the overhead line of the S-Bahn line. DB Regio confirmed the incident when asked by the Badische Zeitung.
BZ reader describes unusual announcement
You are currently sitting in the S11 from Endingen to Freiburg at the Nimburg train station, wrote a reader of the BZ editorial team late in the morning. The train towards Freiburg could not start because the oncoming train, which was late, had to go through first. “So far nothing special,” said the reader. However, the train driver’s announcement was funny. Because according to information from the Endingen signal box, a farmer caused the delay in the return train because he had placed the sprinkler system for his field too close to the tracks. Something like that happens once a year, according to the train driver.
DB representative: It’s still around 15,000 volts
Dirk Andres from DB Regio in Freiburg confirmed the incident when asked. The sprinkler system has now been adjusted, and the disruption to the overhead line has only resulted in a slight delay of ten minutes. However, the topic is quite serious – also during fire brigade operations, according to Andres, because there are still 15,000 volts on the catenary.
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