Copper Thieves on the Trail: 'Securing Everything Is Impossible'

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Seven severed cables were as far as the copper thief caught red-handed last night got. But the damage to the track near the IJssel Bridge near Zwolle was significant. Train traffic was also halted for hours. Two weeks ago, the same thing happened at the exact same location. While copper theft on the railway occurred around 500 times a year fifteen years ago, it now occurs in the dozens. Figures from ProRail show that there were 64 copper thefts …

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The suspect in the copper theft on the train line between 't Harde and Zwolle destroyed a total of seven cables along the track. By mid-Monday morning, six of the seven cables had been repaired. "Due to the extent of the damage, it will take a considerable amount of time to repair everything," said a ProRail spokesperson.