Regional Victorian trains slowly resume after major network outage

Disruption continues after Telstra outage

Rail disruption in NSW and Victoria caused by the Telstra outage rolls into day two.

Trains halted across Germany with glitch

A problem with a communications system forced Germany’s railway network to halt all trains late Tuesday, leaving passengers stranded across the country. Trains were held at stations and would-be travelers stood in long lines at information desks as they tried to figure out how to get to their destinations. The main national railway operator, Deutsche Bahn, said shortly before 1 a.m. — nearly 2 1/2 hours after it first reported the outage — that the problem had been resolved and service was resum

Trains stopped across Germany over technical glitch

A problem with a communications system forced Germany’s railway system to halt all trains late Tuesday, leaving passengers stranded across the country. The main national railway operator, Deutsche Bahn, said all trains were being held at stations because of a nationwide problem with the GSM-R digital communication system, which is used for internal communication on the railway network. Deutsche Bahn said in a statement at midnight, 1½ hours after it first announced the problem, that the cause...

Rail services across Germany suspended following glitch

All rail services in Germany were suspended on Tuesday evening following a disruption to train radio communications, reported Xinhua, quoting German newspaper Tagesspiegel. Due to a nationwide disruption of the GSM-R digital rail radio system, all trains are currently being held at stations, German rail operator Deutsche Bahn was quoted by the newspaper as saying. Our technicians are working diligently to resolve the issue, Deutsche Bahn added. Dozens of passengers were stranded at Berlin's Westkreuz S-Bahn station, FOCUS Online reported. A railway employee told passengers that the disruption could take five or six hours, according to a FOCUS Online reporter at the scene. According to Tagesspiegel, the entire Berlin S-Bahn network was also affected, with services suspended on all S-Bahn lines. Passengers were advised to use services operated by BVG, Berlin's public transport operator.

A Telstra outage stopped Australian trains and froze taxi payments

For a few hours on Wednesday morning, chunks of Australia’s daily infrastructure simply stopped answering. A nationwide outage at Telstra, the country’s largest carrier, cut phone service for thousands of customers, froze tap-to-pay terminals and brought regional trains to a halt. The disruption began at about 4.30am and spread through systems that most people never [] This story continues at The Next Web