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Full article can be found here.An unseasonal sprinkling of salt caused by October 26 and 27 weekend storms ground to a halt one of Europe’s showpiece transport systems. Salt whipped from stormy seas onto railway lines paralyzed Eurostar train traffic through the Channel Tunnel between France and Britain, stranding about 7,000 passengers.
Full article can be found here.A double consist of ICE-3s en route from Munich to Hamburg uncoupled while traveling in the vicinity of Goettingen’s main rail freight depot shortly after noon on October 25. The brakes in both train sets automatically operated as soon as the two trainset halves separated, and both train sets came to a safe stop.