Passengers stuck in tunnels for hours with ICE trains in Belgium
12/4/2023, 11:15:40 AM
Highlights: Passengers stuck in tunnels for hours with ICE trains in Belgium. Probably due to a technical defect, an express train broke down in a tunnel. The passengers had to wait there for around three hours – at low temperatures. The train was actually on its way to Frankfurt am Main, but stopped at around 18 p.m. in the Soumagne tunnel. So far, the SNCB has not given more detailed information about the cause of the stop, which lasted several hours. The ICE was pulled to the Belgian city of Liège.
Probably due to a technical defect, an express train broke down in a tunnel in Belgium. The passengers had to wait there for around three hours – at low temperatures.
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An ICE train passing through a train station (symbolic image)
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Passengers on an express train had to wait in a tunnel in Belgium for around three hours. The ICE 317 coming from Brussels had to stop on Sunday evening due to technical difficulties, said a spokesman for the Belgian railway company SNCB. The train, which was actually on its way to Frankfurt am Main, stopped at around 18 p.m. in the Soumagne tunnel.
Passengers reported hours of sitting and waiting on a cold train. Around 21 p.m., the ICE was pulled to the Belgian city of Liège, the SNCB spokesman said. So far, he has not given more detailed information about the cause of the stop, which lasted several hours.
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