German Railways: Vandalism damage of over €30 million at the railways
Graffiti on station walls, cable theft, scratched windows in trains - Deutsche Bahn is constantly confronted with vandalism. The amount of damage is considerable.
The German railway company Deutsche Bahn suffered 34 million euros in damages due to vandalism last year. The majority of the costs, 19.6 million euros, were related to infrastructure damage, while 5.5 million euros were lost to theft of non-ferrous metals and 3.7 million euros were spent removing graffiti. Additionally, 6.8 million euros were recorded under the category of vandalism, with a further 2.25 million euros spent on repairing damage to long-distance trains. A total of 657 graffiti incidents and 220 cases of property damage were reported.
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