Published On Dec 30, 2017
Summer 2017: Due to the blocking of the Rhine valley railway after a tunnel collapse, the only freight train connection from the north to Switzerland is currently via the single-track Tübingen-Horb. This side-rail branchline is not electrified - all arriving electric trains must be pulled by diesel locomotives. In addition a highspeed train ICE "left behind" in Switzerland had to be returned to Germany mail rail lines.
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