{"id":355315,"date":"2026-06-24T16:00:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T15:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-cant-germanys-national-rail-operator-get-its-act-together-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T16:00:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T15:00:58","slug":"why-cant-germanys-national-rail-operator-get-its-act-together-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-cant-germanys-national-rail-operator-get-its-act-together-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Why can&#8217;t Germany&#8217;s national rail operator get its act together? | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/5n7pzIPNoAg\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why can't Germany's national rail operator get its act together? | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5n7pzIPNoAg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Train services across Germany were brought to a standstill on Tuesday night after a fault in Deutsche Bahn&#8217;s communications network. The disruption stranded passengers and once again raised questions about the reliability of Germany&#8217;s rail system, which is notorious for its poor punctuality and infrastructure issues. Biresh Banerjee speaks with DW Correspondent Matthew Moore and Nick Kingsley of Railway Gazette International about what went wrong.<\/p>\n<p>#dwnews <\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Train services across Germany were brought to a standstill on Tuesday night after a fault in Deutsche Bahn&#8217;s communications network. 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