Rail service normalises after bomb threat
All commuter trains in Zurich were put back in service on Wednesday evening after a bomb alert paralysed the network for about three hours.
Police cordoned off a commuter station in the city centre and ordered the stoppage of seven rail lines after receiving a bomb threat.
The police said they received an anonymous fax containing the threat shortly before 3pm, and soon afterwards received a report of a man acting suspiciously at Stadelhofen station.
The suspect was seen entering the train tunnel with a backpack and then exiting without it.
The police reopened the station at 6.20pm after finding nothing suspicious.
A 46-year-old Swiss man was taken in for questioning.
The Swiss Federal Railways said the closure of the seven lines caused lengthy delays on Zurich’s entire commuter network during rush hour.
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