A view of empty tracks in the station forecourt - taken before the planned line closure for the nine-month renovation project on the section of railroad line between Berlin and Hamburg. Jens ...

Before the closure: an ICE train passing through a station on the Hamburg-Berlin line. With up to 30,000 passengers a day, it is one of Germany's most important rail connections. Photo: picture ...

A series of fires hit railway infrastructure in the German city of Hamburg overnight, causing widespread disruption to trains between Hamburg and Berlin and between the port city and the Baltic Sea ...