Because a dispatcher reported short-term sick, were not able to start-up many long-distance trains on Sunday for nine hours to Mainz main station and the Frankfurt airport.
Because of a non-occupied signal box could not start up on Sunday, many long-distance trains of the Bahn to the Frankfurt airport and Mainz Central train station.
Good Morning,
for operational reasons is the track #Frankfurt #Mainz #Raunheim #Mainz Bischofsheim to vsl. 18:00, locked. Trains long-distance traffic between Frankfurt and #Koblenz #or Wiesbaden, unfortunately, does not hold in #Frankfurt #airport and #Mainz Hbf.— Deutsche Bahn traffic news (@DB_Info) 28. April 2019
The railway also informed their customers on Twitter through the trouble of “operational reasons”. On demand, the railroad said that the Sickness of an employee is for the failures.
“A dispatcher has an important function,” said a railway spokesperson for the süddeutsche Zeitung. “It’s all levers were set in motion, but it could, unfortunately, be no substitute found.”
all ICE and IC were Affected on Sunday-Compounds between 6 PM and 15 PM. Passengers, was asked to S-and regional trains. The long-distance transport between Frankfurt and Koblenz was diverted. “We want to continue to apologize to all passengers in all Form,” said the railway spokesman.