Am 29.12.2011 13:16, schrieb Hans-Joachim Zierke:
Many people were trapped in trains stranded between stations. Angry
passengers opened the doors, got out and walked the tracks to the
nearest station, continuing by bus, subway, or taxi.

It took about 3 hours after electricity was restored to have some sort
of traffic running.
Without the angry passengers, it might have been 1 hour. "Persons on the
tracks" means, that operation can't resume, even with everything back to
normal.


This TV report says that at least in some points the railway police
and the S-Bahn officials have led passengers from stranded trains to the
next station.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frCzY0fzlUE


Cheers,
L.W.