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Deutsche Bahn boss begging signal box operators to come back from holidays

  • 15-08-2013 02:02PM
    #1
    MGWR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 611 ✭✭✭


    Mainz central station is jammed up. Others are also.

    The Local
    In a crisis which is threatening to engulf other areas of Germany, head of Deutsche Bahn, Rüdiger Grube, has abandoned his holiday to tackle the embarrassing mess which has left Mainz central station cut off from the rest of the network.

    The chaos has been sparked by a lack of signal box operators to guide trains in and out of the station.

    On Wednesday, Deutsche Bahn confirmed that Grube had personally called some staff to ask if they would mind breaking off their holidays to come back to work and help solve the immediate crisis. ...


Comments

  • #2
    traindude
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15 ✭traindude


    MGWR wrote: »
    Mainz central station is jammed up. Others are also.

    The Local

    This reminds me of a particular session on Simsig.


  • #3
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 24,647 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    So the question there is who cleared everyone to have holidays at the same time without realising the obvious issues that would arise...


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