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Trains halted across Germany because of communication system problem

Trains halted across Germany because of communication system problem

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Comments (146)

  • mmoll
    If this weren’t Deutsche Bahn, I’d say it’s a cyber attack. Given that this is Deutsche Bahn, though, it may just as well be a maintenance issue.
  • felooboolooomba
    There was also a very peculiar train crash in the UK just a few days ago. A train hit a stationary train. That shouldn't really happen in this day and age. Sabotage was the first thing that came to my mind.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gy60gg6k5o
  • modinfo
    "IT Outage: No train service nationwide. Due to a nationwide outage of the GSMR digital rail radio system, all trains are being held at stations. We are working around the clock to resolve the issue.Our technicians are working around the clock to resolve the outage.Please continue to check your travel connection immediately before departure using the travel information service at bahn.de, the DB Navigator app, or by calling the travel information hotline at 030/2970."https://www.bahn.de/service/fahrplaene/aktuell
  • ripbozo
    Word on the german bahn reddit seems to be that a buggy software update is the cause. Remains to be seen if this is the real cause
  • d2kx
    It's a GSM-R issue. See Tagesschau (German): https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/gesellschaft/deutsche-bahn-...
  • gpvos
    The fallback for GSM-R is the normal GSM network, but according to informed guesses I've read, the handsets still need to authenticate using their GSM-R credentials (it's just normal GSM roaming), and that's failing too.
  • gpvos
    Trains are being started up again (staggered because the current draw of so many accelerating trains could cause problems) since about 10 minutes past midnight, 30 minutes ago.
  • mfiro
    It doesn’t surprise me at all. Deutsche Bahn got so bad in the recent years that Switzerland started turning some German trains around at Basel (border) to protect its own timetable from DB delays.
  • dgellow
    Any HNer blocked in a DB train who can share with us the experience?
  • e-v
    For some reason, after reading the title of the article, I immediately thought the culprit was Emacs: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33524683
  • _def
    Same problem happened two years ago. You'd think that would be enough time to figure out a failsafe routine
  • pulkitsh1234
    Interesting, I just took an OBB train today from Zurich to Amsterdam, which passes through a lot of Germany.
  • puttycat
    A truly chaotic week in Europe, alongside the UK train crash and the unprecedented heat wave.
  • InTheArena
    The jet lag team must be in Germany again. Sam, you being deuschbahnned?
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  • DanielleMolloy
    Downdetector shows parallel disruption spikes, similar pattern as end of last year, not as widespread yet. https://downdetector.com
  • DanielleMolloy
    Downdetector shows parallel disruption spikes, similar pattern as end of last year, not as widespread yet.https://downdetector.com
  • ratio53
    I wonder how they managed to tell trains to stop.
  • hdgvhicv
    Can passengers tell, I thought German trains were always disrupted!
  • mproud
    Anyone else watch Season 2 of Hijack?
  • ngruhn
    Is that news? Sounds like status quo.
  • porphyra
  • ChrisArchitect
  • LargoLasskhyfv
    It's the heat.Some system somewhere in need of cooling.Does not get it, because BAHN.Crapping out.Cascades of disbelief.R2D2-like cybernetic seizures.Endless commuter pleasures.No mischief at all.Just bad techno-thrall...
  • yanhangyhy
    how did germany become this ? i think from my observations, in china, when talk about Germany, the #1 thing is the fucking stupid train system....
  • usernametaken29
    Honestly can’t tell the difference between this and a regular day r/dbsucks
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  • lyu07282
    Happened before at a smaller scale, crazy high redundancies in GSM-R mean this is likely sabotage:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_2022_German_railway_at...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM-R
  • dgellow
  • Havoc
    Gee I wonder which country could be behind it
  • moffkalast
    It's either that or starlink, some railroads in Germany go through areas without any mobile network signal. Think about how crazy that is in 2026 when everything expects everyone to be online 24/7/365.