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Berlin’s entire S-Bahn train network shuts down

National: 15 Dec 11
The German capital’s entire commuter train system broke down on Thursday afternoon, leaving thousands stuck in trains on the tracks. The Berlin authorities do not suspect an attack behind the S-Bahn malfunction. READ »

50 trains damaged in Munich’s ‘farewell drink’

Society: 12 Dec 11
Munich’s public transport authorities reported that more than 50 of their trains had to be taken to the workshop on Sunday after around 2,000 people gathered to make merry Saturday night before an alcohol ban came into effect. READ »

Munich calls last orders on public transport drinking

Society: 10 Dec 11
Two thousand Munich residents will bid farewell to their right to drink alcohol on the S-Bahn on Saturday as they hop aboard for one last train party. READ »

Discovering Munich’s past in a mediaeval loo

Lifestyle: 1 Dec 11
Construction on an underground train line in the centre of Munich has uncovered mediaeval latrines full of artefacts offering insights into the Bavarian capital’s past. Christine Madden reports. READ »

Smart posters offer speedy shopping while waiting for a train

Science & Technology: 25 Oct 11
German commuters are being confronted with the first smart-poster shops in Europe – which have a scan-and-go procedure for smartphones allowing purchases to be made while waiting for a train. READ »

New incendiary device found on train tracks

National: 11 Oct 11
Another incendiary device was found on train tracks in Berlin on Tuesday, in what may be the latest round in a series of arson attacks on German railways by suspected leftists extremists. READ »

SPD and Greens see coalition hope in Berlin

Politics: 24 Sep 11
Nearly a week after the Berlin state election and hours of talks, all the indications point towards the incumbent Social Democrats (SPD) forming a coalition with the Greens. READ »

'It has more potential - Berlin can do more'

Politics: 15 Sep 11
Renate Künast is hoping to be elected the first Green mayor of Berlin on Sunday. The Local's friends at English-language magazine Exberliner spoke to her about her priorities for the German capital. READ »

'Berlin is change, Berlin is the place to be'

Politics: 13 Sep 11
As Berliners prepare to go to the polls this Sunday, The Local spoke with Mayor Klaus Wowereit about his re-election campaign and his priorities for the German capital. READ »

Munich S-Bahn train driver kicks black passenger after using racial epithet

National: 25 Aug 11
A Munich S-Bahn driver is accused of insulting a black passenger on a commuter train’s intercom and then kicking the man after he tried to complain. READ »

Deutsche Bahn staff grumpy and demotivated

Business & Money: 16 Aug 11
Nearly 70 percent of people who work for Germany's national railway operator Deutsche Bahn are de-motivated and frustrated with their jobs, the Financial Times Deutschland reported on Tuesday. READ »

What's on in Germany: August 11 - 17

Lifestyle: 11 Aug 11
This Week's Highlights: Public art in Frankfurt, tall ships in Rostock, and Berlin marks the 50th anniversary of the building of the Wall. READ »

Spending a day at the beach without leaving Hamburg

Travel: 8 Aug 11
Hamburg’s love affair with the sea is well-known, but the northern port city is also burnishing its credentials as a bona fide beach town. Jiffer Bourguignon gets some sand between her toes. READ »

The Best of Berlin in August

Lifestyle: 3 Aug 11
In August, Exberliner, Berlin’s leading English-language magazine, explores an inner-city park oasis, peruses a new cultural space, and stays fit with a hola hoop. READ »

Betraying Berlin

Analysis & Opinion: 19 Jul 11
Roger Boyes, the Berlin correspondent for the British daily The Times, is going back to London. In his last column for The Local, he explains why he had to end his stay in the ‘narcoleptic’ German capital. READ »

Discovering Munich's best summer beer locations

Lifestyle: 19 Jul 11
Summer in Munich means one thing: drinking beer outdoors. Chris Cottrell discovers five of the best places to knock back a cold Maß in the Bavarian capital. READ »

Fierce storms batter northern Germany

National: 7 Jun 11
Terrific thunderstorms late on Monday left emergency services overstretched in parts of Germany, as phone calls flooded fire departments. Hamburg was especially hard hit. READ »

Police target leftist group for rail cable arson

National: 24 May 11
Police on Tuesday said they believed a leftist extremist group was responsible for an arson attack on Berlin's commuter train network. The incident severely disrupted transport in the capital and knocked out thousands of phone and internet connections. READ »

Police probe fire cutting Berlin trains and phones

National: 23 May 11
Federal police are investigating a cable fire which disabled much of Berlin’s commuter train network on Monday morning and disrupted phone services, amid fears that it could have been an act of sabotage. READ »

Strike cripples rail traffic nationwide

National: 10 Mar 11
A strike by train drivers for both freight and passenger routes crippled rail traffic in Germany Thursday morning, with hundreds of cancellations and countless delays reported across the country. READ »

Train drivers strike again as wage battle wears on

Business & Money: 4 Mar 11
Commuters were warned of massive delays and cancellations across Germany on Friday morning, as train drivers walked off their jobs in a bid to pressure employers in an ongoing wage dispute. READ »

Rail traffic hit hard by second strike this week

National: 25 Feb 11
Germans woke up to the second train drivers’ strike of the week on Friday, with heavy delays and cancellations reported across the country. But the already struggling S-Bahn commuter train services in Berlin were spared. READ »

Strike cripples commuter rail service nationwide

National: 22 Feb 11
Temporary strikes staged by train drivers’ union GDL on Tuesday morning caused massive railway delays across Germany, with commuter S-Bahn services especially hard-hit in Berlin, Nuremberg and Stuttgart. READ »

Teens arrested for brutal metro attack

National: 16 Feb 11
Four teenagers have been arrested for beating a man into a coma in a Berlin metro station. The attack has caused widespread outrage for its senselessness and brutality. READ »

Police search for suitcase baby suspect

Society: 11 Jan 11
Hamburg police on Tuesday said they had received several tips after releasing a video of a man suspected of abandoning a baby in a suitcase last week. READ »

Deutsche Bahn boss grilled over rail chaos

National: 10 Jan 11
Angry officials from Germany's federal states on Monday demanded Deutsche Bahn boss Rüdiger Grube improve the rail operator’s beleaguered train services, which have not been able to cope with icy weather this winter. READ »

Regional trains add to transport woes

National: 6 Jan 11
German commuters have been plagued by growing delays and cancellations of regional trains as the winter wears on, intensifying pressure on embattled national rail operator Deutsche Bahn. READ »

Berlin S-Bahn woes plague commuters

National: 4 Jan 11
Commuters in Berlin struggled to get to work on Tuesday, with the city’s rickety S-Bahn train network running only half its trains due to technical problems. Service to entire suburbs has been cut. READ »

Travellers contend with snow and ice

National: 20 Dec 10
Snow and ice continued to plague transportation in Germany on Monday, causing major airports to cancel flights and snarling rail and road traffic. READ »

Teenagers jailed for '20 cent' beating death

National: 2 Dec 10
Two teenagers were sentenced to more than three years in jail on Thursday for beating a man in a Hamburg train station to death after he declined to give them €0.20 in pocket change. READ »

Rail delays continue despite strike's end

National: 26 Oct 10
Train delays and disruptions were expected to continue throughout Tuesday despite rail workers' announcement mid-morning that they had finished their strikes. READ »

Berlin S-Bahn train crashes into truck

National: 25 Oct 10
An S-Bahn commuter train collided with a truck at a level crossing outside of Berlin on Monday morning, leaving at least three people injured, according to the authorities. READ »

Bavarian mass transit drivers strike

National: 24 Sep 10
Mass transit workers in the Bavarian cities of Munich, Nuremberg and Augsburg went on strike early Friday morning in an ongoing wage dispute. Munich will suffer the most, with thousands of tourists in town for Oktoberfest. READ »

Teens jailed in Munich S-Bahn murder trial

National: 6 Sep 10
A court on Monday handed lengthy jail sentences to two teens for the murder of businessman Dominik Brunner on a Munich commuter train platform almost one year ago. READ »

Witness says S-Bahn murder victim hit first

National: 15 Jul 10
A witness at the trial of the two youths who beat to death Dominik Brunner at a Munich S-Bahn station said on Thursday the victim threw the first punch, potentially making it difficult for prosecutors to pursue a murder conviction. READ »

Munich S-Bahn murder trial starts

National: 13 Jul 10
Two young men have admitted beating “Good Samaritan” Dominik Brunner at a Munich commuter train station but denied they meant to kill him at the opening of their murder trial on Tuesday. READ »

Teen offender beats girlfriend at school after trial flap

National: 5 Jul 10
A 17-year-old known as the “€0.20 delinquent” for fatally beating a man over pocket change has allegedly attacked his teen girlfriend just six weeks after being released from police custody ahead of a retrial, according to the authorities in Hamburg. READ »

Where to watch World Cup matches in Germany

Lifestyle: 10 Jun 10
Want to know where to catch all the action for the 2010 World Cup? Check out The Local’s list of places in Germany to watch the football and submit your own suggestions. READ »

Teen fatally stabbed in Hamburg S-Bahn station

National: 15 May 10
A 19-year-old man has died after he was stabbed during a conflict with a group of five teenagers at an S-Bahn train station in Hamburg, the police said on Saturday. READ »

What's on in Germany: May 6 - 12

Lifestyle: 6 May 10
This Week's Highlights: A new park opens at Berlin's Tempelhof Airport, Hamburg holds a big birthday bash for it's celebrated port, and Nathalie Merchant plays Cologne. READ »

Ramsauer rules out Deutsche Bahn privatisation

Business & Money: 11 Feb 10
German Transport Minister Peter Ramsauer said on Thursday that he had serious misgivings about government plans to privatise national rail provider Deutsche Bahn. READ »

Munich S-Bahn victim may have thrown the first punch

Society: 6 Feb 10
The two youths who allegedly beat to death businessman Dominik Brunner at a Munich S-Bahn station had been drinking but it was Brunner who threw the first punch, news magazine Der Spiegel reported Saturday. READ »

Public workers begin third day of strikes

Society: 5 Feb 10
Public workers continued their third day of limited strikes on Friday, as employees in Frankfurt and Saarbrücken walked off their jobs in an ongoing labour dispute. READ »

Booze-related violence on the rise among youths

Society: 1 Feb 10
The number of alcohol-fuelled acts of violence by youths in Germany has seen a stunning increase over the last decade, a new study released on Monday showed. READ »

Teens beat man with club in Munich S-Bahn

Society: 25 Jan 10
A 29-year-old man has been brutally beaten by a group of teenagers in a Munich S-Bahn commuter train, police reported on Monday. READ »

Bahn to lose Berlin S-Bahn monopoly

National: 10 Jan 10
Berliners kicking their heels in the snow after months of local rail breakdowns have been told the city will end rail operator Deutsche Bahn's monopoly over its urban train network. READ »

Computer flap causes morning train chaos in Hannover

National: 17 Dec 09
A computer malfunction at a railway control centre in Hannover caused chaos for commuters on Thursday morning as trains were delayed and cancelled across the region. READ »

‘A panicked border guard using his gun was our biggest worry’

National: 9 Nov 09
The fall of the Berlin Wall sparked celebration, but also chaos in both halves of the city. David Wroe speaks with former West Berlin Mayor Walter Momper about how dicey November 9, 1989 really was. READ »

Southern cities revoke driving privileges from brawling youths

Society: 14 Oct 09
Two German cities say they have found a new deterrent to increasing youth violence – confiscating driver’s licences, daily Süddeutsche Zeitung reported this week. READ »

President honours man killed by bullies at Munich S-Bahn station

National: 5 Oct 09
German President Horst Köhler has posthumously awarded the Federal Cross of Merit to Dominik Brunner, the man who was beaten to death at a Munich S-Bahn stop while trying to protect a group of children from bullies. READ »

Berlin S-Bahn commuters to be reimbursed for train chaos

National: 29 Sep 09
Berlin’s S-Bahn commuter train service will begin reimbursing regular customers on October 8 for the safety scandal that has crippled service since late July, the company told daily Berliner Morgenpost on Tuesday. READ »

English tourist dead after fall from Munich hotel window

Society: 28 Sep 09
A 25-year-old English tourist fell to his death from a Munich hotel window after drunkenly trying to use it as a loo, police in the German state of Bavaria reported. READ »

Australian killed by train after Oktoberfest visit

National: 21 Sep 09
A drunken Australian man visiting Munich’s Oktoberfest died early on Monday after being hit by an S-Bahn commuter train, according to the police. READ »

S-Bahn commuter train collides with turnip truck

Society: 18 Sep 09
One man is dead after an S-Bahn commuter train near the Lower Saxony town of Weetzen collided with a crop transport truck early on Friday morning, according to the police. READ »

Emergency phone at site of Munich S-Bahn beating was broken

National: 17 Sep 09
The emergency telephone at the Munich S-Bahn stop where a man was beaten to death over the weekend has been broken for the past five years, daily Süddeutsche Zeitung reported on Thursday. READ »

Bystanders did nothing to stop S-Bahn murder

Society: 16 Sep 09
Some 15 people stood by without intervening at the Munich S-Bahn station where two teenagers beat a 50-year-old man to death over the weekend, police said on Wednesday. READ »

Teen apologises for murder in Munich S-Bahn

National: 15 Sep 09
One of the teens involved in the brutal beating death of a 50-year-old man at a Munich S-Bahn stop on over the weekend has asked for the family’s forgiveness, daily tz reported on Tuesday. READ »

Berlin S-Bahn debacle may cost Deutsche Bahn dearly

National: 10 Sep 09
Berlin’s mayor sharply criticised the operators of the city’s crippled S-Bahn transport system on Thursday amid reports Deutsche Bahn faces losses of several hundred million euros for the botched commuter rail service. READ »

Berlin docks S-Bahn payment for poor service

National: 9 Sep 09
After another safety scandal at Berlin’s S-Bahn rail service created massive delays and cancellations this week, the Berlin city government has said it will give the company just a quarter of its monthly payment. READ »

S-Bahn repairs create Berlin commuter chaos

National: 8 Sep 09
Tens of thousands of Berlin commuters faced heavy delays on Tuesday morning as the city’s S-Bahn train service announced last-minute technical problems that left only one-quarter of its fleet on the rails. READ »

Germany's shortest metro line to open in Berlin

Society: 5 Aug 09
A new U-Bahn metro train, the U55, opens in Berlin this weekend after 13 years of construction. With just three stops, it will be the shortest line in the country, but officials hope it will popular with tourists. READ »

Limited S-Bahn service returns to Berlin centre

National: 3 Aug 09
Frustrated Berlin commuters will welcome a bit of relief on Monday as limited S-Bahn service returns some two weeks after grinding to a halt due to a safety scandal. READ »

Berlin's S-bahn chaos opens new canvas to grafffiti artists

Society: 31 Jul 09
Berlin’s S-Bahn chaos has created a Cockaigne for graffiti artists as the lack of rail traffic opens up a whole new canvas for taggers, daily Der Tagesspiegel reported on Wednesday. READ »

Replacement busses on S-Bahn routes pulled off road for repairs

National: 28 Jul 09
Busses running to replace Berlin's temporarily cancelled commuter rail routes have been pulled off the road for mechanical defects, including the risk of fire, adding to commuter frustration. READ »

S-Bahn managers face criminal probe

National: 26 Jul 09
Berlin state prosecutors are to extend their investigation into the mismanagement that led to the current chaos on the city’s S-Bahn public transport system, newspaper Berliner Morgenpost reported Sunday. READ »

Poor, sexy and incompetent in Berlin

Analysis & Opinion: 21 Jul 09
Berlin is facing months of public transport chaos caused by a near-total shutdown of the city’s S-Bahn commuter train network. Portnoy's Stammtisch asks what the mayor is doing to end the mess. READ »

Berlin commuters face S-Bahn chaos

National: 20 Jul 09
Berlin commuters faced a “Black Monday,” as they scrambled to find alternatives to the S-Bahn train service that has been virtually shut down in the city centre due to safety concerns. READ »

Berlin faces months of public transport chaos

National: 17 Jul 09
Berlin is facing months of public transport chaos, as the city’s S-Bahn commuter train network grapples with dramatic maintenance problems. READ »

Violent storms cause chaos, two deaths

National: 4 Jul 09
Heavy hail- and thunderstorms flooded streets, knocked out power, closed airports and lead to the deaths of two people Friday evening and Saturday morning. READ »

Berlin S-Bahn chaos set to continue

National: 3 Jul 09
A spokesman for the Berlin S-Bahn train system announced on Friday that the current chaos will not let up for the next few days. Around a third of the trains are currently out of action. READ »

Visiting Berlin's past

Analysis & Opinion: 11 Jun 09
Giggling Japanese girls and buffoonish British teens? Roger Boyes, the Berlin correspondent of British daily The Times, looks at the flipside of the impact of tourism on the German capital. READ »

Train collision injures two dozen in Berlin

National: 17 Apr 09
A train collision in Berlin’s Pankow district injured 24 people – five of them severely – early on Friday morning. READ »

The best of Berlin in April

Lifestyle: 4 Apr 09
This month Exberliner, Berlin's leading English-language magazine, picks the best places to meet real-live bloggers, pick up a bitchin' Deutsche Bahn bike and spot quirky public art from Danish artist Nike. READ »

Deutsche Bahn strike disrupts rail traffic

National: 29 Jan 09
Workers for German national rail provider Deutsche Bahn staged a warning strike early on Thursday morning that disrupted train traffic around the country, trade union Transnet reported. READ »

Hamburg inaugurates new airport express train

National: 11 Dec 08
After decades of planning and building, Hamburg‘s new S-Bahn train between the city centre and airport opens on Thursday. READ »

From high finance to Hartz IV

Analysis & Opinion: 14 Nov 08
With world financial markets gone mad, Roger Boyes, the Berlin correspondent for British daily The Times, weighs in on Germany's witch hunt for wicked bankers. READ »

Baby born on Munich train gets lifelong ticket

Society: 5 Nov 08
A baby born in a Munich S-Bahn commuter train will receive a lifelong free ticket to ride the city’s public transportation system, the rail operator announced on Wednesday. READ »

Tarantino looking for 'Aryan' extras for new WWII film

Society: 9 Sep 08
A German casting agency has called for extras to try out in late September for the new Quentin Tarantino film “Inglorious Basterds,” but only those who fit Aryan stereotypes need apply. READ »

Exploring Berlin’s endangered bunkers

Lifestyle: 22 Aug 08
Berlin is plenty interesting above the ground, but that didn’t keep Brett Neely from doing some urban spelunking to check out the city’s numerous bunkers. READ »

Berlin's public transport most-vandalized in Germany

Society: 24 Jul 08
Vandalism on public transportation is the worst in Germany's capital Berlin, according to estimates by the Association of German Transport Companies (VDV). READ »

S-bahn to ban hooligans for a year

National: 14 Jun 08
The Berlin S-bahn authorities have introduced bans for the first time, refusing to allow those convicted of violent attacks on the trains for a year. READ »

What's on in Germany: June 5 - 11

Lifestyle: 5 Jun 08
This Week's Highlights: The Police in Düsseldorf, Czech films in Munich, and football on the big screen in Hanover. READ »

Probing Potsdam’s peculiar possibilities

Travel: 14 May 08
Potsdam might be a popular tourist destination on the outskirts of Berlin, but Daniel Miller discovers there’s more to Brandenburg’s quirky capital than just palaces and parks. READ »

Berlin transit workers strike again

National: 10 Apr 08
Berlin public transport (BVG) workers began a strike at 2:30 am Thursday morning, cutting off service for the city’s vital tram service in an ongoing labour dispute. READ »