A key railway line between Hanover in northern Germany and the city of Minden in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia, which was closed for hours due to a lightning strike, has been reopened, a railway spokesman told dpa on Sunday morning.
During the closure, trains were diverted via Bremen, causing significant disruptions, the website of German railway company Deutsche Bahn reports.
There were no further major disruptions nationally as a result of the thunderstorms that swept across Germany in the early hours of Sunday.
The storm system, consisting of several thunderstorm cells, moved across several German regions and weakened when it reached the north and east of the country in the middle of the morning.
There was a risk of thunder in some regions throughout Sunday.
However, according to the German Meteorological Service (DWD), the heavy thunderstorms were not as intense as predicted.
There were “only very occasional heavy showers and gusts of wind,” a spokesperson said.
