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- Repair work from Saturday to Tuesday inclusive.
- The railway connection between Hamburg-Harburg and Buchholz is affected.
- Deutsche Bahn trains and metronomes are not working.
Due to repair work, the train connection between Hamburg-Harburg and Buchholz will be closed from Saturday to Tuesday. The reason is the ICE accident last Tuesday. The long-distance train had collided with a car en route.
According to a statement from Metronom, extensive repair work is to be carried out between 8:00 and 20:00 on Saturdays. The current weather conditions are the reason why the works can only be carried out during the day.
Buses used for replacement traffic
Regional trains with an hourly metronome are among those affected by the closures. Instead, a bus will commute between Harburg and Buchholz every 25 minutes. Only trains whose complete journey is planned outside the period can circulate. So, for example, the last metronome running from Bremen to Hamburg on Saturday mornings is D4 at 6:33. In the opposite direction, the RB41 leaves Hamburg Central Station at 7:37am.
Long-distance trains will also continue to be diverted, Deutsche Bahn has announced. Passengers should still expect a delay of around 15-30 minutes.
ICE had crashed into a car
On Tuesday morning, an ICE train with around 100 passengers traveling from Hamburg to Bremen in Hamburg’s Rönneburg district crashed into a car stuck at the level crossing. Nobody was hurt.
The driver of the car, 68, managed to get to safety in time. For reasons that are still unclear, he ended up on the bottom of the track in his car and was unable to start. The engineer was no longer able to avoid the collision and the train derailed.
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