Metal thieves shut down the route from Frankfurt to Stuttgart. The theft was discovered in the morning on the route between Mannheim Central Station in Baden-Württemberg and Lampertheim in Hesse.
Deutsche Bahn expected delays and partial cancellations in long-distance and regional transport. Rising prices for scrap and metal are attracting more and more thieves, DB says, because copper from the cables is traded on the market and is in demand. The perpetrators also stole several hundred meters of cable, which was important for DB's control and security technology.