Bind the gap! Vandals BRICK UP train door on German subway... but nobody noticed for 12 stops as passengers thought it was a 'new feature'

  • Vandals broke into tube depot and bricked up doorway of train car
  • It took more than a dozen stops before authorities were alerted 
  • Police in Hamburg, Germany, say they have no motive for the deed 

By SARA MALM FOR MAILONLINE

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A gang of mystery vandals are being hunted by police in Hamburg, Germany, after they broke into a public transport depot and bricked up a train car doorway.

The pranksters used eight rows of cement blocks, secured with spray foam, stacked to completely block the train's door.

However, the train managed to travel more than a dozen train stops before authorities were alerted as commuters assumed it was intentional.

 Mind the gap:  The vandals used cement blocks to brick up the doorway to a tube carriage in Hamburg

 Mind the gap:  The vandals used cement blocks to brick up the doorway to a tube carriage in Hamburg

The bizarre prank was eventually spotted by station staff after the train pulled into Sternschanze station in the west of the city. 

The unknown men are believed to have sneaked into an S-Bahn depot overnight and bricked up the doorway in one of the cars, causing £7,200 of damage. 

A police spokesman said: 'We have examined CCTV footage and can confirm that the door was already bricked up when the train left the depot to begin work.

'The depot was not guarded and the security fences are easy to climb over.

Art or vandalism? It took some 12 stops before authorities were alerted to the well-executed prank as commuters assumed it was a new feature

Art or vandalism? It took some 12 stops before authorities were alerted to the well-executed prank as commuters assumed it was a new feature

The unknown men are believed to have sneaked into an S-Bahn depot overnight and bricked up the doorway in one of the cars, causing £7,200 of damage

The unknown men are believed to have sneaked into an S-Bahn depot overnight and bricked up the doorway in one of the cars, causing £7,200 of damage

'We are continuing to look at the tapes to try and see who did this. At the moment we have no idea why this was done.

'There was no message or communication explaining motive.'

Bewildered commuter Uwe Ebersbacher, 43, said: 'I was on my way home from work and waiting for the train to come as usual.

'When it pulled into the station everything seemed normal until it stopped and the door in front of me was cemented up.

'No one seemed to be paying any attention to it though and I just assumed it was a new feature or something.' 


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