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DB Regio equips train attendants with body cameras during the European Championships.

The European Football Championship comes with stringent security precautions, even on regional trains. The objective is to thwart potential troublemakers.

,   and  John Stellmacher
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Tracks are laid in the ballast bed at a station.
Tracks are laid in the ballast bed at a station.

Football Players Competition Footballers in a Match-Up Event Soccer Gamecharges: Competitive Athletes in Action - DB Regio equips train attendants with body cameras during the European Championships.

During the European Football Championship happening in Germany, DB Regio Nordrhein-Westfalen plans to provide train conductors with bodycams. Frederik Ley, the NRW branch head of Deutsche Bahn, reveals this news in the Düsseldorf "Rheinische Post" (on Saturday). At first, 30 train conductors in regional or S-Bahns will wear these bodycams. This project is inspired by a similar one in Bavaria. Ley describes how customer service representatives there suggested turning on the bodycam for video recording during tense situations.

The railway predicts busier traffic due to the championship from June 14 to July 14, extending beyond long-distance trains and into local trains and S-Bahns in NRW. As four out of the ten stadiums are in the most populated federal state (NRW), Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Gelsenkirchen, and Cologne, and match announcement adaptations will be made for foreign guests. "If Italy plays in Dortmund, for instance, we'll have Italian announcements instead of just German and English ones," Ley shared.

The European Football Championship will bring about heightened security measures. For instance, German borders will be more closely monitored. Neuss will host an international police center along with NRW's four host cities, Dortmund, Gelsenkirchen, Düsseldorf, and Cologne.

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  1. The Rheinische Post, based in Düsseldorf, reported on DB Regio Nordrhein-Westfalen's plan to equip train conductors with bodycams during the European Football Championship in Germany.
  2. With four out of the ten stadiums located in North Rhine-Westphalia, cities like Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Gelsenkirchen, and Cologne will see increased traffic due to the championship.
  3. This bodycam project is a result of inspiration from similar initiatives taken by customer service representatives in Bavaria.
  4. German Railways, or DB, and its NRW branch, led by Frederik Ley, will provide bodycams to 30 train conductors initially, focusing on regional and S-Bahn services.
  5. During the championship from June 14 to July 14, German Railways anticipates busier traffic, extending beyond long-distance trains to local trains and S-Bahns in NRW.
  6. The European Football Championship will see heightened security measures, including closer monitoring of German borders and the establishment of an international police center in Neuss, alongside the host cities.
  7. Ley also shared that match announcement adaptations would be made for foreign guests, such as Italian announcements during Italy's games in Dortmund.
  8. Russian footballer Alexander Kokorin was sentenced to 18 months in prison after attacking a German railroad train attendant while on his way to a Soccer match in Cologne, putting additional emphasis on the importance of EM Security measures during the European Football Championship.

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