S-Bahn in Munich broken: a thousand people are stuck

In the night of Friday, the thousand Munichers were stuck in an S-Bahn in the Bavarian capital. The passengers waited for hours for the fire brigade.

The defects S-Bahn If only 300 meters in front of the Englschalking train station, the Munich fire brigade said. As a result, emergency managers from Deutsche Bahn (DB) were initially deployed. It took the two hours to ask the fire brigade’s forces for help. This resulted in a comparison between the db and the fire brigade that was given, the German press agency with. According to the fire brigade, it was 0.51 a.m. when Deutsche Bahn asked for support.

People have been in Munich S-Bahn for hours

A second S-Bahn was driven on the track opposite. The fire brigade then built provisional bridges from ladders and ramps between the trains. The around a thousand inmates switched to the second S-Bahn. About half an hour later The journey finally went on.

The overhead line was planned on one of the two tracks, a spokesman for the DB said. The S-Bahn stopped. There was also a short circuit, which damaged the train. It was towed using a diesel locomotive. (with dpa)