A couple of days ago, I noted the big introduction of the high-speed railway between Berlin and Munich. It was a hyped-up event.....the Chancellor showed up and rode the train. Lots of positive talk.
So, on Sunday....break-down issues occurred with the route.
Somewhere around Nuremberg (maybe the halfway point)....things went wrong, and the train was stalled for 20 minutes. The controllers? They sensed more issues, and took the train off the high-speed railway. They rode the ICE train over to Erfurt on a secondary line (much lesser speed), and then were forced off the train....to wait an hour or two for the next train.
They basically arrived in Berlin at the time of the old non-high-speed railway.
Complaints? I'm guessing they had a few people come up and demand some compensation. I doubt if you'd get any unless the train was completely broke and you were stuck overnight somewhere.
We are back to the same old normal issue, in that things just aren't that 100-percent dependable anymore in Germany.
UPDATE: 12/12/2017: Focus had a reporter on the Munich to Berlin train for last night (Monday). Oddly enough....it failed as well. It was supposed to arrive around 10PM (four-hour ride), but was roughly 12:30 before it got there (2.5 hours late). The railway folks can't really explain the problems that are occurring. There must be some fault-light or sensor showing a problem and the engineer reacts to it.
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