Deutsche Bahn has already set ten major construction sites for the coming months in calendar year 2023 planned. They usually extend over a period of several weeks and not only affect local and long-distance traffic journeys in the individual federal states, but also have supra-regional effects on the long-distance connections concerned. Because the trains usually have to drive much slower on the affected sections of the route, take detours or sometimes even fail completely.
Major railway construction sites in 2023
By the way, rail customers will have to do it next year with the departure or arrival station in Bremen comply with restrictions. And not only between mid-March and mid-May, but also between mid-June and the end of August and between the beginning of September and the beginning of October. As the “Sebaldsbrücker Heerstraße” railway overpass is reaching the end of its technical service life, a new bridge has to be built, which means that a track is no longer available on site. For this reason, around half of the stops in Bremen and Oldenburg will be canceled during the mentioned periods.
Between early April and early December 2023, the Renewal of the high-speed line between Kassel and Fulda. However, new tracks and turnouts can only be installed if the course is completely closed. This results in huge redirects. Journey times in the direction of Hamburg are up to 60 minutes longer, in the direction of Berlin up to 50 minutes.
Disturbances in Berlin and Brandenburg
Two new tracks will be installed between mid-April and mid-November next year on the Dresden Railway between Berlin Südkreuz and Blankenfelde develop. For this, not only the S-Bahn tracks have to be partially moved. The construction of railway bridges and road overpasses is also planned to replace the existing level crossings. In this context, the individual trains do not stop at BER airport or in Elsterwerda, Doberlug-Kirchhain and Dresden.
In Bayern will take place between the end of May and mid-September 2023 Overhead line works on the section between Rottendorf and Fürth instead of. The result is a complete closure, which is associated, among other things, with the breakdown of the ICE Sprinter from Munich via Frankfurt am Main to Düsseldorf. Long distance travel times on other lines may increase to 35 minutes as expected.
Rail restrictions also in Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia
Further restrictions must be taken into account in Lower Saxony, where between mid-June and mid-August half of all ICE trips between Göttingen and Berlin are eliminated. The reason is the expansion of the existing single-track line between Wolfsburg and Braunschweig. Around the same time, a closure of the route between Rheine and Osnabrück caused obstacles to rail traffic. Among other things, this has an impact on the IC line between Amsterdam and Berlin, which is diverted via Münster.
By the way, you can not only see if there are any restrictions on the Deutsche Bahn routes you use frequently, but also on a daily basis find out via the Deutsche Bahn website. Also, the “DB Construction Jobs” app. an important means of information on the smartphone, especially for commuters.
