Bahn cancels IC connection to Berlin

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Greens: Bahn cancels IC from Krefeld to Berlin

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An IC 2 of the Deutsche Bahn is in the main train station in Hanover.
Photo: dpa / Julian Stratenschulte

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Krefeld The last long-distance connection from Krefeld is apparently to be cut. The Greens demand clarification from the railway board.

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“From October there will no longer be a direct IC train connection between Krefeld and Berlin. This can be found in the current DB timetable. ”This is what the Krefeld Greens report and criticize:“ This would mean that Krefeld would be completely cut off from the long-distance network. A report or announcement from the railroad about it – no result. ”So it says in a press release of the party.

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The green member of the Bundestag Ulle Schauws and councilwoman Ana Sanz do not want to accept that. “It is not clear to us why this well-accepted and attractive connection to the federal capital should now be drastically reduced for many train travelers from Krefeld,” they wonder. In a letter to the railway management board, they asked for “quick clarification”.

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“We consider a connection from Krefeld as a city with over 220,000 people to the long-distance network of the DB to be absolutely necessary,” emphasize Schauws and Sanz. They also ask about the implementation of the third expert draft for the “Deutschlandtakt”, according to which the Aachen – Krefeld – Essen route (on to Hamburg) is operated with a two-hour “FR 200 km / h” line, ie an Intercity-like line Offer, is planned.

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The railway itself does not want to provide any information on the matter at the request of our newspaper through its press office in North Rhine-Westphalia with reference to the letter from the Greens to the board. However, if you try to book a ticket online for the IC, which leaves Krefeld at 8.15 a.m. on weekdays, you will find that this will no longer be possible from Monday, September 28th. It will then be necessary to change to an ICE in Duisburg. This connection is 16 minutes shorter, but also costs 15.40 euros more in the flex price for a single journey.

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Even days ago in the “election test stones” of our newspaper, Anna Sanz called for cooperation between the city, the Chamber of Industry and Commerce, politics and citizenship in order to improve the connection to long-distance transport in a dialogue with the railways.

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