Overview
- Two construction trains collided near Velbert‑Langenberg station around 12:15 on Saturday, leaving one worker seriously injured and another lightly hurt.
- Local fire crews moved to contain roughly 400 litres of hydraulic oil that leaked from the wrecked machines and provided first aid at the scene.
- The crash took place on the Wuppertal–Essen line during planned weekend track works, a stretch normally used by S 9 and RE 49 services.
- Deutsche Bahn has declined to comment on the cause and federal police together with railway authorities have opened an investigation into how the work trains collided.
- Authorities say environmental risk is being managed and that operational updates and a formal accident report from Deutsche Bahn are expected as the inquiry proceeds.