Düsseldorf/Duisburg. A man threatens to jump from a bridge onto the tracks. Rail traffic on the route between Duisburg and Düsseldorf is at a standstill for hours.
Police operation lasting hours in Düsseldorf: A man threatened to jump onto the tracks on the Hamborner Strasse bridge at Unterrath station. Rail traffic on the important route between Duisburg and Düsseldorf was subsequently suspended. The operation has been underway since 2:45 p.m. on Tuesday and will last into the evening. It was still not over by 10:30 p.m. The police are on site with special forces. Negotiators are supposed to persuade the man to abandon his plan. There are massive disruptions, diversions and delays on the railway, even beyond Duisburg and Düsseldorf.
The effects on local transport:
RE 1 (RRX), RE 3, RE 5 (RRX), RE 11 (RRX), RE 19: The trains are diverted between Düsseldorf Hbf and Duisburg Hbf. The Düsseldorf Flughafen stop is cancelled.
RE 2: The trains coming from Osnabrück Hbf end and start in Duisburg Hbf. The stops Düsseldorf Flughafen and Düsseldorf Hbf are omitted.
RE 6 (RRX): The trains will be diverted between Duisburg Hbf and Neuss Hbf. All intermediate stops will be cancelled.
RE 10, RB 31: Due to the high level of line utilisation, trains are also experiencing delays.
S 1: The trains from Dortmund Hbf end and start in Duisburg Hbf. The trains from Solingen Hbf end and start in Düsseldorf Hbf.
All intermediate stops are cancelled.
S 11: The trains coming from Neuss Hbf end and start in Düsseldorf Hbf. The stops Düsseldorf Wehrhahn, Düsseldorf Zoo, Düsseldorf Derendorf, Düsseldorf Unterrath and Düsseldorf Airport Terminal are cancelled.
There may be occasional deviations from the diversion concepts, as there is currently increased traffic utilisation on the diversion routes.
RB 32: Due to the above-mentioned disruption as well as diversions and the resulting occupied tracks in Duisburg Hbf, the trains from Dortmund Hbf currently end in Oberhausen Hbf and run back towards Dortmund Hbf. As a result, there are partial cancellations between Oberhausen Hbf and Duisburg Hbf.
The effects on long-distance transport:
In long-distance traffic, trains can either be diverted via a freight train route that runs largely parallel to the actual route. However, trains are also diverted over a large area via Wuppertal. For these trains, the stops at Duisburg Hbf and Düsseldorf Hbf are omitted and travel times are significantly increased. The following connections are affected:
ICE line 10 (Berlin – Hanover – Hamm (W) – Ruhr wing – Cologne/Bonn)
ICE line 41 (Dortmund – Cologne Messe/Deutz – Frankfurt (M) – Würzburg – Nuremberg – Munich)
IC line 14 (Berlin – Hanover – Dortmund – Cologne)
IC line 35 (Norddeich Mole – Emden – Münster (W) – Cologne – Koblenz)
IC line 39 (Hamburg – Bremen – Cologne – Frankfurt (M) – Nuremberg – Passau/Munich)
ICE line 43 (Ostseebad Binz – Hamburg – Dortmund – Cologne)
ICE line 46 (Kiel – Hamburg – Dortmund – Cologne – Frankfurt (M))
ICE line 48 (Ostseebad Binz – Hamburg – Dortmund – Cologne – Darmstadt – Heidelberg – Stuttgart – Munich)
ICE line 49 (Dortmund – Frankfurt (M))
IC line 51 (Cologne – Hamm (W) – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Erfurt – Gera)
IC line 55 (Frankfurt (M) – Koblenz – Cologne – Ruhr – Dortmund – Hanover – Magdeburg – Leipzig – Dresden)
ICE Line 78 (Frankfurt (M) – Cologne – Amsterdam Central)
ICE line 91 (Dortmund – Ruhr – Cologne – Frankfurt (M) – Nuremberg – Passau – Vienna)
Duisburg – Amsterdam C)
Travelers should check their connection before departure. The railway publishes further information on zuginfo.nrw. (sk)
Due to the high rate of copycats, we do not usually report on suicides or suicide attempts unless they receive special attention due to the circumstances. If you yourself suffer from mood swings, depression or suicidal thoughts or you know someone who suffers from them, you can get help from the telephone counseling service. You can reach them by phone at 0800/111-0-111 and 0800/111-0-222 or on the Internet at www.telefonseelsorge.de. The consultation is anonymous and free of charge; calls are not recorded on the telephone bill.
