30.01.2021 08:07 651
Snow and ice paralyze train traffic on several routes!
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Hamburg – winter chaos in the North! On Friday evening, snow and ice in large parts of northern Germany caused severe impairment in long-distance traffic German train taken care of.
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A train stands on a snow-covered platform in Hanover Central Station. © Moritz Frankenberg / dpa
Several places are expected to be inaccessible by long-distance transport until the early hours of the morning, including Bremen, Kiel, Lübeck and Westerland, said Deutsche Bahn.
When searching for specific travel connections, turnout faults due to snow and ice in the Hanover and Hamburg area are indicated.
Long-distance traffic had to be completely stopped on several routes: Hanover-Bremen, Hamburg-Bremen and Hamburg-Hanover. Shortly before midnight it was said that this disruption had ended and that long-distance traffic would be possible again without restrictions on Saturday.
According to the information, travel options by long-distance traffic between Hanover and Frankfurt / Main were severely limited on Friday evening.
The railway operator Metronom had previously announced that it would completely shut down its train services in Lower Saxony on Friday evening due to difficult winter weather conditions.
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Also on Saturday impairments
“Freezing rain and snow paralyzed large parts of the railway lines in Lower Saxony. This also applies to metronom, enno and erixx”, announced the company in Uelzen.
“For Saturday morning we continue to expect severe impairments on the lines if the points cannot be repaired overnight,” Metronom said later.
“If possible, please avoid journeys tomorrow morning or use the electronic timetable information for information.”
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Update, 11:34 a.m.: Trains run largely normally
After heavy snowfall in parts of Lower Saxony and in Bremen, Deutsche Bahn long-distance traffic is largely normal again.
There are still very few impairments, said a railway spokeswoman on Saturday. The weather-related overhead line fault between Emden and Norddeich Mole has been fixed. However, three train connections from Norddeich to Leipzig and Cologne were canceled on Saturday.
The private rail operator Metronom announced on Saturday that most of the frozen points had been made usable again. Regular operations can be resumed. However, there could be occasional delays and possibly also individual train cancellations. A company spokesman said there are currently no more disruptions to the train connections from enno and erixx.
Due to difficult winter weather conditions, Metronom had initially completely stopped its train service in Lower Saxony on Friday evening.
The Göttingen train station has also been closed since 7 a.m. Preparations for a bomb disposal have been underway there since Saturday morning. Long-distance traffic therefore had to be rerouted.
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Cover photo: Moritz Frankenberg / dpa
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