Germany:
High speed trains return to service

Deutsche Bahn's latest high speed trains have

photo: AP

been returned to service after a defective valve was found to have caused the derailment of one of the units last week.

The valve, part of the tilt mechanism has been removed from all the trains. After the modification they were returned to normal revenue-earning service on Monday March 6.

On Wednesday March 1one of DB's latest trains an ICE-T train became derailed twice while it was travelling at low speed. Deutshe Bahn immediately withdrew all the trains while the cause was investigated.

Web sources:

German Modern Trains Resume Service
Newsday.com 06 Mar 2000

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