DB grounds ICE1 fleet after Eschede disaster

GERMAN Railway's carefully cultivated image of speed, safety and luxury built up since it launched IC-Express services on June 2 1991 is in tatters. The derailment at 10.59 on June 3 of ICE884 Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen at Eschede on the Hannover - Hamburg main line and its disastrous aftermath shocked ...

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