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A lightning strike on a signal box disrupts local traffic.

A Deutsche Bahn train stands on a track at Dresden Central Station.
A Deutsche Bahn train stands on a track at Dresden Central Station.

Dresden's royal palace, the Frauenkirche, undergoes major renovations - A lightning strike on a signal box disrupts local traffic.

A malfunction in a signal box at Radeberg, near Dresden, caused train traffic disruptions in the region on Sunday evening. This severely impacted the train service from Dresden to Bautzen and Görlitz, according to a railway spokesperson. The signaling device was struck by lightning at around 5:10 pm. The exact timeline for restoring this service was not available at the time, as workers continued to repair the damages caused by the lightning strike throughout the evening.

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