My experience with these "fixes" is that they are worse than the other worst solution (in this case, step out in Köln Süd and get some other train).

There is really A LOT going on through the tracks in NRW and Düsseldorf/Köln/Bonn. It's sad people just read an article like this and just blame it on the poor guy as if he was a monkey.

The guy actually wanted to do something nice (get people closer to Bonn, so they could change a train with an easier alternative). It didn't work out, but this shows how bad the sync with these systems is, and safety is and must be prioritized.

People don't understand how many freight trains travel on those tracks.