Sunday, June 6, 2010

Rail chaos after cable theft and fire

Duisburg - After a cable theft in Duisburg is zuVerspätungen it in the train on Tuesday morning on several lines and cancellations come.
In the night hattenUnbekannte two control cables stolen, resulting in a Stellwerksstörungin Duisburg-high. This was informed by a railway spokesman. RE DieZüge the line 2 between Mönchengladbach and Munster wurdendeshalb diverted in part.
The RB 31 between Duisburg and Xantenverkehrte only up Millingen. Xanten drove up in the morning replacement buses. The line RB 33 between Aachen and Duisburg ended inRheinhausen.
The repair work is expected on Tuesday abgeschlossenwerden.
Not the only breakdown: a smoldering fire in a suburban train in Düsseldorf to significant delays Zugverkehrgesorgt. In a toilet of the train in the direction of Essen paper had run inBrand. About 250Reisende could leave the train at a station without prejudice.
In total there were 838 minutes in travel delay. Betroffenwaren 47 trains. The cause of the fire and the amount of the damage was still unclear.