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Train Service Resumes After Brief Track Intrusion at Hamburg Central Station

Police say any tie to a nearby pro‑Kurdish rally remains unconfirmed.

Overview

  • Several people entered long‑distance tracks at Hamburg Hauptbahnhof in the early evening, stopping train movements for roughly 30 minutes.
  • Traffic began moving again around 18:45, with both long‑distance and local services experiencing cancellations and delays.
  • Police and the Federal Police removed the individuals from the tracks and reported that operations were restored.
  • Around the same time, about 400 people demonstrated outside the station over the situation of Kurds in northern Syria, according to police.
  • Earlier in the day in Kiel, a separate pro‑Kurdish demonstration with about 1,100 participants was reported to have proceeded without incident.