At the same time, slower trains can also be run closer together on track with multiple aspect signals.
Looks like the high-speed train still does well, despite using more energy than a slower train.
Had it possibly been sidetracked for some reason in order to allow the slower train to go past?
These lines will release capacity on the Saale line for slower trains.
To achieve the high speeds very few carriages could be pulled and so a second, longer, slower train had to follow on behind.
It was a slower train than the through limiteds.
If you did not want to pay the extra fare, the slower secondary trains (see below) were available.
Just beyond the station, to the west, are a pair of relief lines to allow slower trains to be overtaken.
A nonrefundable ticket is about $67; slower trains cost less.
For some who had expected the worst, the ease of converting to the slower trains came as a pleasant surprise.