Learn more

Parts of a long-distance train carrying 185 passengers derailed in south-western Germany late on Saturday after the railway tracks were hit by a landslide caused by heavy rainfall that has affected the region since Friday. No one was injured and the passengers were evacuated from the train early on Sunday, according to a spokesman for the national railway operator. The landslide came down in the town of Schwäbisch Gmünd, some 50 kilometres east of the city of Stuttgart. The train’s first two carriages jumped off the tracks at around 11.20 pm but did not tip over, according to the railway spoke…

cuu