Even more construction – and disruptions – on German tracks this year due to possibly faulty sleepers
Concrete sleepers in Germany - many of them will be replaced this year Deutsche Bahn AG / Volker Emersleben
400 additional construction sites on the rail network in Germany this year will have a negative impact on punctuality, says Deutsche Bahn. DB will replace more than five times more sleepers than usual, after an accident with a freight train in Garmisch-Partenkirchen last year was possibly related to a manufacturing defect of the railway sleepers.
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