Ice hampers German trains

emden - Ice in northwestern Germany on Sunday has ensured that a hundred train passengers had to spend the night in a sports hall in Norddeich. The Red Cross in the town on the North Sea a few dozen kilometers from the Dutch border provided the stranded passengers of tea, food and blankets. The travelers were on their way to Cologne, but arrived shortly after departure between Norddeich and Emden to stand still. A diesel locomotive is towed back to the train after a few hours.

The intercity train in the opposite direction came the sudden ice just before station Emden to a halt. The passengers had to walk the last kilometer on foot.

The trains will resume no earlier than Monday, report the German railways. Rails are covered frozen under a layer of ice and overhead lines.