Defusing a World War II bomb Dortmund has an impact on rail traffic. The unexploded bomb was found during construction work and will be defused in the early afternoon, said a spokesman for the Dortmund city public order office. The evacuation of a security area should be completed by around 2 p.m. The bomb could then be defused.
As Deutsche Bahn announced, a section of the route had to be temporarily closed. Long-distance traffic between Dortmund and Münster will be redirected via Kamen and Hamm for the duration of the defusing, said a DB spokeswoman for the NRW press office in Düsseldorf. The affected regional train 51, which runs on the route between Dortmund and Enschede, will already turn around in Lünen.
