Electrocuted rat brings trains to a halt
TT/The Local - [email protected]
Published: 5 Apr, 2008 CET.
Updated: Sat 5 Apr 2008 12:55 CET
Rail traffic at Stockholm Central Station ground to a halt on Saturday for reasons that were not immediately apparent, Expressen reports.
For three hours the cause of the stoppage remained a mystery until somebody began to smell a rat.
"We received reports that a large rat had come into contact with an electric rail," Karin Ullman, spokeswoman for power company Fortum, told Expressen.
The rodent was electrocuted in a signal box in the cellar of the Sheraton Hotel, causing a power cut between the hours of 5am and 8am at the hotel, Central Station and a number of adjacent buildings.
All intercity, commuter and subway train traffic was brought to a standstill for the duration of the three hour period.
"It switched everything off. The reason it took three hours was that the fault needed to be exactly localized," said Karin Ullman.
Comments
See Also
For three hours the cause of the stoppage remained a mystery until somebody began to smell a rat.
"We received reports that a large rat had come into contact with an electric rail," Karin Ullman, spokeswoman for power company Fortum, told Expressen.
The rodent was electrocuted in a signal box in the cellar of the Sheraton Hotel, causing a power cut between the hours of 5am and 8am at the hotel, Central Station and a number of adjacent buildings.
All intercity, commuter and subway train traffic was brought to a standstill for the duration of the three hour period.
"It switched everything off. The reason it took three hours was that the fault needed to be exactly localized," said Karin Ullman.
Join the conversation in our comments section below. Share your own views and experience and if you have a question or suggestion for our journalists then email us at [email protected].
Please keep comments civil, constructive and on topic – and make sure to read our terms of use before getting involved.
Please log in here to leave a comment.