Even before the nationwide strike on Monday (March 27) in Lusatia, Deutsche Bahn was experiencing massive failures. This affects several lines that connect Cottbus with Senftenberg, Dresden or Elsterwerda.
Von Friday, March 24, 2023, March 6thp.m. until Sunday, March 26, March 6Clock, Various rail connections in Lusatia are omitted. The following connections are affected:
● RE18: Cottbus main station – Senftenberg – Ruhland – Dresden main station
● RB49: Cottbus Hbf – Senftenberg – Ruhland – Elsterwerda-Biehla – Falkenberg (Elster)
● RE13: Cottbus main station – Senftenberg – Ruhland – Elsterwerda
● RE7: Dessau Hbf – Bad Belzig – Berlin Hbf – Lübbenau – Calau – Senftenberg
Where there are no buses or trains in Brandenburg and Saxony
But what is the reason for the deletion of the connections? According to the rail company, a “non-occupation” of the signal box in Senftenberg leads to the failures. Presumably, there are health-related reasons.
Rail replacement service between Cottbus and Senftenberg
Last weekend there were occasional connection failures on the route between Cottbus and Leipzig. Here, too, the signal box, in this case in Falkenberg (Elster), could not be manned.
The connections of RE18 and the RB49 canceled in the above period between Cottbus main station and Ruhland. Rail replacement services with buses are used by the railways on this section of the route.
Faster connection between Cottbus and Dresden – that’s the problem
Commuters have to plan considerably more time for the journey. For the route between Cottbus and Senftenberg, the buses take 60 minutes. Normally, the train connections only take 30 minutes on the train. The rail replacement service runs to Ruhland in almost 80 minutes
RE13 between Cottbus and Elsterwerda is omitted
The connections of RE13 According to Deutsche Bahn, the entire route between Cottbus and Elsterwerda is omitted. The rail company refers to the for RE18 and RB49 established rail replacement service.
Bus services in Oberspreewald-Lausitz
Enormous sick leave leads to cancellations – travelers need to know that
The RE7, which normally runs from Senftenberg via Berlin to Bad Belzig or Dessau, is omitted in the section between Calau and Senftenberg. There should also be a replacement bus service on this route. Between Calau and Senftenberg, stopping at the Unterwegs train stations, the buses take just under 50 minutes.
