rail transport

Train with 760 passengers evacuated: shutdown between Hamburg and Bremen

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Train with 760 passengers evacuated: shutdown between Hamburg and Bremen

Scheeßel (Niedersachsen) – [–>[–>Ausgerechnet vor dem Start ins Wochenende wurden Hunderte Berufspendler und Bahnreisende ausgebremst! Auf der Bahnstrecke zwischen Hamburg und Bremen hat am Freitagabend ein Metronom-Zug eine Oberleitung abgerissen und für eine stundenlange Streckensperrung gesorgt. Wie die Feuerwehr mitteilte, musste der liegengebliebene Zug mit 760 Reisenden evakuiert werden. Zug blieb zwischen den Städten liegen … Read more

Munich: SEV from the main train station to Starnberg – funny idea

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Munich: SEV from the main train station to Starnberg – funny idea

The anger about the railway is so great that even good ideas tend to get lost. Something can be done with the SEV. Not only does the abbreviation stand for new rail transport involving chaos. In the SEV, which has been there since Saturday, on the Werdenfelsbahn between Munich Central Station and Starnberg, S stands … Read more

Train timetable change – Bremerhaven loses IC connection | NDR.de – News

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Train timetable change – Bremerhaven loses IC connection | NDR.de – News

As of: October 11, 2024 6:48 p.m With Deutsche Bahn’s winter timetable, a lot of things are changing in Lower Saxony and Bremen. After a two-year test phase, Bremerhaven lost its only IC connection due to a lack of demand. From December 15th, this train will instead run from Cologne through the Emsland to Norddeich … Read more

Expelled from Barcelona and slave to the train: “I spend my life asking for favors and forgiveness for delays” | News from Catalonia

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Expelled from Barcelona and slave to the train: “I spend my life asking for favors and forgiveness for delays” | News from Catalonia

Anna Gómez, a regular user of the Rodalies de Tarragona in Barcelona and affected by the cuts, poses at Barcelona’s Passeig de Gracia station.Kike Rincon After the pandemic, Paola R. and her partner turned their lives around. They took their two children and slammed the door to the Gràcia neighborhood of Barcelona to go live … Read more

A consultation has been launched to define the new face of Bordeaux station

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A consultation has been launched to define the new face of Bordeaux station

Saint-Jean station, a strategic transit hub in the city of Bordeaux and within the region, will undergo a major renovation project by 2030. Le Figaro Bordeaux What it will be like Bordeaux Saint-Jean Station tomorrow ? This is the question that the residents of the city of Bordeaux are invited to answer, during the public … Read more

Traffic jam despite lifting of Ludenberger Straße closure

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Traffic jam despite lifting of Ludenberger Straße closure

On Wednesday morning, nothing was moving around Gerresheim, and traffic was backed up for several hundred meters between Pöhlenweg and Torfbruchstraße. That was to be expected at the end of the holidays. And this is how Rheinbahn explains the chaos on the streets: “Due to the end of the summer holidays and the start of … Read more

TGV traffic slowly resumes in France after storms, connection with Switzerland still cut – rts.ch

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TGV traffic slowly resumes in France after storms, connection with Switzerland still cut – rts.ch

TGV traffic, which was at a standstill in part of France on Wednesday after violent storms and trees falling on the tracks, will return to normal on Thursday. TGV trains connecting Paris to Lausanne and Geneva have been cancelled. Interrupted around 7:40 a.m. on the Paris-Lyon high-speed line, “traffic is resuming very gradually on the … Read more

GDL Train Drivers’ Strike Causes Disruption to Rail Traffic in Baden-Württemberg

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GDL Train Drivers’ Strike Causes Disruption to Rail Traffic in Baden-Württemberg

With its strike on Wednesday morning, the GDL train drivers’ union caused disruption to rail traffic in Baden-Württemberg. The emergency timetable started as planned, a spokeswoman for Deutsche Bahn said this morning. Accordingly, the railway only offers 20 percent of its usual range of long-distance services. The GDL expects strike participation to be at least … Read more

Signal box malfunction on the railway: delays on the ICE route between Cologne and Berlin

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Signal box malfunction on the railway: delays on the ICE route between Cologne and Berlin

Due to a signal box malfunction, all ICE trains between Berlin and Cologne/Bonn are currently experiencing delays. As Deutsche Bahn announced on its website, trains in both directions were delayed due to diversions by about 75 minutes. The stop Berlin-Spandau is no longer applicable therefore. Also on the Route between Berlin and Hanover or Göttingen, … Read more

Strike by the GDL union: These are the effects of the rail strike on Düsseldorf

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Strike by the GDL union: These are the effects of the rail strike on Düsseldorf

Due to the nationwide warning strike at Deutsche Bahn, many trains were also canceled in Düsseldorf on Thursday. According to the railway, an emergency timetable has been started, but travelers must expect severe disruption. In addition to long-distance transport, the industrial dispute also has serious effects on regional transport and S-Bahn trains. The railway spokesman … Read more