470 passengers on an ICE from Nuremberg to Hamburg were stranded on the open route for more than two hours on Tuesday – without air conditioning. After a power failure on the train, it finally had to be completely cleared, as a railway spokesman said when asked by dpa. The ICE collided with parts of the overhead line at around 2:30 p.m. near Forchheim in Bavaria and stopped. The air conditioning failed because of the power loss. Subsequent trains were delayed because of the incident.
At the time of the collision, it was 26 degrees warm in the area, so the ICE warmed up as a result. According to a report by bild.de According to a passenger on the train, it was up to 40 degrees warm. The railway spokesman could not provide any information on the temperature in the train. The train staff took care of the 470 passengers and distributed water, he said. Around 4:45 p.m., all passengers could have left the train at Forchheim station. Nobody got hurt.