Munich–Mühldorf railway overhead line damage, Digi Mart USA News (Hörlkofen, Bavaria, Germany): Once again, rail frustration has hit the Munich–Mühldorf line. From early Tuesday morning into the afternoon, all trains terminated in Hörlkofen, where passengers continued by commuter bus.
A spokesperson for the railway confirmed that the cause was damage to the overhead line.
The line between Markt Schwaben and Hörlkofen was closed until shortly after 2:30 p.m. Train service between Mühldorf and Hörlkofen was maintained on an hourly schedule.
S-Bahn trains ran normally from Markt Schwaben onward. According to the railway, a freight train locomotive appears to have caused the damage, and the details are under investigation.
The overhead line was damaged over roughly 500 meters, and repairs required a special maintenance vehicle. According to the newspaper’s information, during the night a dual-power locomotive, capable of running on both diesel and electricity, traveled from the direction of Munich with its pantograph raised past the end of the overhead line.
This caused a short circuit, and the overhead line tore.
A commuter from Dorfen, Katharina Marquardt, expressed frustration. She described checking the DB app at 5:30 a.m., when everything initially showed green, and then receiving word that all trains were ending in Hörlkofen due to “limited availability of tracks.” She said she drove herself instead, spending two hours in traffic on the A94 before reaching Messestadt Riem, where the P+R parking garage was closed.
She reached work only at 10 a.m.
