Cable theft in Bochum: Train traffic disrupted until Tuesday

Bochum.
Again, nothing works in rail traffic to and from Bochum: the route is closed, the reason is again a cable theft. All information at a glance.

  • Bochum and Wattenscheid are again cut off from rail traffic
  • A fiber optic cable was damaged again on the route – investigators are looking for witnesses
  • The disruption is expected to last into Tuesday

Not a week has passed since the almost all-day standstill at Bochum Central Station, there it is Rail traffic to and from Bochum paralyzed again: Since the early morning hours on Monday (May 8th), the Route between Wattenscheid and Bochum Hbf blockedreason is again according to the federal police Vandalism along the route.

The operational effects are “very large,” says a railway spokesman. Both long-distance and regional transport are affected. The The disruption is expected to last until Tuesdayso that also the Rush hour traffic affected on Tuesday morning will be, it is said. A spokeswoman said on Monday evening that the railway assumes that the work could be completed by 4 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon. The damage is greater than initially assumed, and the elimination takes time.

Railway disruption near Bochum: These trains are affected

The following lines are affected:






  • RE 1 (RRX): Trains will be diverted between Essen Hbf and Dortmund Hbf with alternative stops in Herne and Gelsenkirchen Hbf.
  • RE 6 (RRX) and RE 11 (RRX): Trains will be diverted without stopping between Essen Hbf and Dortmund Hbf.
  • RE 16, RB 40, RB 46: Operations are suspended until further notice. For trains on the RB 40 line, a replacement service with two buses from the company Univers has been set up between Bochum Hbf and Witten Hbf.
  • p 1: The trains from Solingen end and begin in Essen Hbf. There is no traffic between Essen Hbf and Dortmund Hbf. The train has set up a replacement service with buses between Essen Hbf and Dortmund Hbf.


Bochum: Cable thieves damaged fiber optic cables again

According to a spokeswoman for the Federal Police when asked by the WAZ, the first findings are cable stolen near Bochum-Ehrenfeld been. Presumably, the perpetrators were aiming for copper cables.

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Around 3.30 a.m., Deutsche Bahn employees noticed “several disruptions to operations around Bochum”, reports the federal police. Their origin could be narrowed down to an area near Bochum-Ehrenfeld station. “Emergency personnel there, near the route, several severed cables in previously prized cable ducts firmly,” it said.

Cable theft near Bochum: federal police are looking for witnesses

In addition to a few meters of copper cable are also Fiber optic cable (fiber optic cable) damaged been. These ensured digital communication between the interlockings. Federal police investigators are now evaluating the traces at the crime scene, it is said. Train technicians are also on duty, according to the federal police spokeswoman.

The investigators are looking for witnesses and ask: “Who can provide information about possible suspects who turned up in the night (May 8) between 2.45 a.m. and 3.30 a.m. near the allotment garden association “Bergmannsheil” and Hüttenstraße the Federal Police Inspectorate in Dortmund on the free service number 0800/6 888 000 or at any other police station.

Cable theft: crime scene near last Tuesday’s crime scene

Last Tuesday, May 2nd, a signal box failure as a result of vandalism on the route paralyzed train traffic around Bochum for almost the whole day. From shortly after 7 a.m. in the morning until late at night there were no trains to and from Bochum and Wattenscheid. In this case, the federal police assume that the cable was attempted theft. However, the perpetrators severed a fiber optic cable that controls the signals for entry and exit at stops and train stations. Investigators are looking for witnesses who saw something at Ehrenfeld station.

The crime scene in the current case is on a different line and on a different route kilometer than that on May 2nd, said the federal police spokeswoman. But: Both crime scenes are close to each other, within a radius of about 500 meters.

In November 2022, Bochum was cut off from rail traffic for hours after a cable was stolen. At that time, the crime scene was also near the Ehrenfeld station. The railways spoke of property damage in the low six-digit range.



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