On August 1, 2025, a deliberate arson attack targeted data and power cables on a freight railway line near Hohenmölsen in the Burgenland district of Saxony-Anhalt, resulting in damage but no reported disruption to passenger traffic. The police confirmed the line has since been reopened. Separately, in North Rhine-Westphalia, fires on cable shafts had crippled the heavily used Nord-Süd railway connection between Düsseldorf and Duisburg since the previous Thursday, but repairs and trial runs allowed re-opening early on August 2. Authorities report that a left-wing extremist group claimed responsibility for the North Rhine-Westphalia attacks. Replacement transport on the closed Hamburg-Berlin line remains stable, with infrastructure repair and work on track and signaling expected to last nine months. The incidents are currently under state security investigation.

On August 1, 2025, a deliberate arson attack targeted data and power cables on a freight railway line near Hohenmölsen in the Burgenland district of Saxony-Anhalt, resulting in damage but no reported disruption to passenger traffic. The police confirmed the line has since been reopened. Separately, in North Rhine-Westphalia, fires on cable shafts had crippled the heavily used Nord-Süd railway connection between Düsseldorf and Duisburg since the previous Thursday, but repairs and trial runs allowed re-opening early on August 2. Authorities report that a left-wing extremist group claimed responsibility for the North Rhine-Westphalia attacks. Replacement transport on the closed Hamburg-Berlin line remains stable, with infrastructure repair and work on track and signaling expected to last nine months. The incidents are currently under state security investigation.