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No trains between Rotterdam and Delft until at least Sunday evening
Trains between Rotterdam and Delft are stopped until at least Sunday at 11 p.m.
after a fire was deliberately set in a railway bridge’s technical room near Delfshaven.
ProRail says the damage must be repaired before services can resume, and trains may not run again until Monday morning.
The fire damaged 35 cables, and 15 were completely burned through and need replacing and welding.
ProRail must then carry out safety checks, which take about eight hours.
The police and fire service are investigating whether the fire was sabotage, and no one has been arrested.
The route is one of the busiest in the Netherlands and is also used by long-distance trains, so the shutdown is causing major disruption for passengers.
Train services between Rotterdam and Delft are suspended until at least Sunday at 23:00 after a fire was deliberately set near a railway bridge in Delfshaven.
ProRail says repairs will take at least until Sunday evening, and trains may not run again until Monday morning.
The fire damaged 35 cables, including 15 that were burned through and need replacing and welding.
After the repairs, safety checks expected to take about eight hours must be completed before trains can run.
Police and firefighters are investigating whether the incident was sabotage, and no one has been arrested.
- Who
- ProRail is repairing the damage; police and firefighters are investigating the incident.
- What
- Train services between Rotterdam and Delft are suspended after a deliberately set fire damaged railway cables.
- When
- The suspension is expected to last until at least Sunday at 23:00; trains may not run again until Monday morning.
- Where
- At a railway bridge in Delfshaven, on the route between Rotterdam and Delft.
- Why
- A fire in a technical room damaged cables needed for the railway.
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A fire was deliberately set in a technical room near a railway bridge in Delfshaven.
ProRail said train services between Rotterdam and Delft would be suspended until at least Sunday evening while damage was repaired.
Safety checks expected to take about eight hours must be completed before trains can run.
- Route
- Rotterdam–Delft
- Suspension estimate
- Until at least Sunday at 23:00
- Cables damaged
- 35
- Cables burned through
- 15
- Safety checks
- About eight hours
Sources
Treinverkeer tussen Rotterdam en Delft zeker tot zondagavond platgelegd door brandstichting
Tot zeker zondagavond geen treinen tussen Rotterdam en Delft na brandstichting
Zeker tot zondagavond geen treinen tussen Rotterdam en Delft na brandstichting
Brandstichting bij het spoor, geen treinen tussen Rotterdam en Delft
Hele dag geen treinen tussen Rotterdam en Delft door brandstichting bij spoor
Treinverkeer Rotterdam-Delft zeker tot zondagavond plat door brandstichting, mogelijk zelfs langer
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