Overview

• On Tuesday, unknown perpetrators severed multiple signal and switch cables at Coburg station in Upper Franconia, causing around €20,000 in damage and disruptions to regional and long-distance services.
• Investigators report no concrete leads or claim of responsibility for the August 1 fire that burned data and power cables on a coal freight line near Hohenmölsen.
• Forensic traces from both Bavaria and Saxony-Anhalt are under analysis as police probe possible links to earlier, more disruptive cable fires in North Rhine-Westphalia.
• Prosecutors have opened criminal proceedings for dangerous interference with rail traffic, disruption of public services and arson across multiple federal states.
• A prior blaze near Düsseldorf immobilized passenger trains on Deutsche Bahn’s national north–south axis and was followed by a circulated letter claiming responsibility, highlighting network vulnerabilities.