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Passengers on a Eurocity train bound for Prague were left stranded in Germany’s north-eastern state of Brandenburg on Tuesday evening due to storm-damaged overhead power lines, according to German rail operator Deutsche Bahn. A Deutsche Bahn spokeswoman said that due to a fallen tree on the overhead power lines, the train had to stop at Elsterwerda, some 50 kilometres north-west of Dresden, and passengers were then transferred to buses. It was initially unclear how many people were affected. Trains running between Dresden and Berlin were rerouted through Leipzig, according to the spokeswoman. …

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