Infrastructure

Sleeper checks trigger widespread disruption in Germany

By 2022-08-23T12:27:00

DB decided to impose immediate speed restrictions or to close lines while checks were made.

GERMANY: Deutsche Bahn is checking the condition of around 200 000 prestressed concrete sleepers of a specific type installed at numerous locations across its network.

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