panic in the regional express : cold victims to sue railway
German Rail will apologize to the 500 passengers of the regional train 21 424 from Hamburg to Lübeck. Because of a short circuit in the upper line, the passengers were sitting on Thursday evening more than four hours without lights and heating on the open road in Tremsbüttel (Stormarn) in the train set. was broken out on board panic, five people had, according to federal police to the hospital. "We each passenger will pay 250 € compensation" , now promises Ute Plambeck, train Agents Group from Hamburg.
=> € 250, - is in fact below the limit at which one can think of appropriate
were far from the breakdown, but more than 2,000 commuters in four moves directly affected, a total of 38 trains delayed or diverted. The first train victims now want to complain against the company. "What the web has since done, is simply a disgrace and unacceptable, "said Peter-Christian Thürnagel. The Lübeck was sitting in the Regional Express, who started the first two hours after the RE 21 424 in Hamburg. Against better knowledge of the web have had more trains depart. "After the launch of drivers reported problems on the track," says Thürnagel. For him, the journey home ended in Bargoed.
"The driver said outside the station waiting for replacement buses. In fact, there was a bus - for 600 passengers, "said the retiree.
the row over seats there were even fights .
the same time and in Ahrensburg and copper mill were each about 600 freezing DB customers on the platform where the trains could not proceed.
Thürnagel now wants to file a class action, and is further cold-sacrifice. "This may not come through the train," said Lubeck. Railway spokesman Egbert Meyer-Lovis confirmed the LN that other passengers had announced criminal charges to provide for assault.
anger threatens now from Kiel: Transport Minister Jost de Jager has requested a detailed report. Moreover, information requirements should be discussed with all railway companies. The Police on Thursday criticized shortcomings of the web. The officials had learned only two hours after the breakdown of emergency calls from passengers about the incident, was from the railway's no information.
"We tried to solve the problems with standard tools. This unfortunately did not work, "says Plamondon. In addition, the weather had prepared acute problems. "First came the spare diesel from Hamburg due to a switch malfunction not, for others it was because of the slippery roads difficult to procure, coaches," said Plamondon.
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