Emergency inserts at the main train station and in Kray-Nord: Massively affected rail traffic in Essen

Emergency inserts at the main train station and in Kray-Nord: Massively affected rail traffic in Essen

Serious incidents affected rail traffic in Essen on Wednesday morning. Two emergency medicines ensured considerable delays and failures in the timetable.

The first incident occurred at the Essen-Kray Nord stop at 6:00 a.m. There, a person was hit by a train and fatally injured. The fire brigade assumes a suicide, while the federal police are carrying out further investigations. According to eyewitnesses, the man jumped in front of the train. The witnesses suffered a heavy shock and had to be looked after.

Shortly afterwards, at 6.30 a.m., there was another incident at the main train station in Essen. Here a person was recorded by an input train to track 6. The main train station as an important traffic junction was then completely closed, which led to considerable restrictions in rush hour. The exact circumstances of this incident are still unclear, but the authorities are currently assuming attempted suicide.

Fire brigade, emergency services and police were in large -scale operation to cope with the situation. The investigation is still ongoing and further information about the two incidents is expected.

rail traffic was severely impaired by the incidents. The regional expression and regional trains RE2, RE16, RE42, RE49, RB33, RB40 and RB01 as well as the S-Bahn lines S1, S2, S3, S6 and S9 were affected by the closures. There were partial failures and delays in all local transport. At around 7.50 a.m., however, the railway was able to report that the emergency doctor was ended at the main train station.

In order to bring the travelers concerned to their goal despite the closures, a bus emergency traffic from Luchs Reisen was set up. Four buses commuted between the main train station in Duisburg and the Dortmund main train station. The stops at the Mülheim main station and in Essen, Wattenscheid and Bochum were approached.

The WAZ Essen would like to point out that it usually does not report suicides so as not to give incentive for imitation. Nevertheless, in special cases, the circumstances require special attention. If someone has suicide thoughts or knows someone who has such thoughts, it is recommended to contact telephone counseling at the free number 0800/1110111 that is occupied around the clock.

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