Trains halted across Germany because of communication system problem
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Re: Trains halted across Germany because of communication system problem
#2Can passengers tell, I thought German trains were always disrupted!
Re: Trains halted across Germany because of communication system problem
#3It'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.
Re: Trains halted across Germany because of communication system problem
#4If 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.
Re: Trains halted across Germany because of communication system problem
#5Can passengers tell, I thought German trains were always disrupted!
It is telling that I thought “that’s why all trains were late this afternoon” before I realized that the issue occurred only minutes ago.
Re: Trains halted across Germany because of communication system problem
#6It'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.
It's my understanding that most rail/rail collisions are the result of poor communication.
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#7I wonder how they managed to tell trains to stop.
Re: Trains halted across Germany because of communication system problem
#8It'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.
They aren’t using starlink for safety critical comms
Re: Trains halted across Germany because of communication system problem
#9"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."
Re: Trains halted across Germany because of communication system problem
#10Happened 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...