Sturmchaos: rail traffic in Germany is severely impaired!

storm damage in Germany has a significant impact on rail traffic. Several railway lines are affected due to fallen trees and other weather -related impairments. The ICE route Hamburg-Berlin, which was blocked in the evening, was particularly difficult. In Dergenthin (Brandenburg) there is a tree in the track and leads to supports of the ICE trains.

in Schleswig-Holstein reported the Deutsche Bahn of travel time extensions of up to 90 minutes. The Regional Express Re6 between Hamburg-Altona and Westerland (Sylt) drives at a reduced speed until Tuesday morning at 6 a.m. Even in the north, several regional trains cannot drive their entire route. In North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony there are further impairments in local and regional traffic, which were also caused by fallen trees. Zuginfo.nrw reports that due to storm gusts in parts of NRW, there are delays as well as partial and complete failures in local transport.

weather conditions and effects

Long -distance traffic of Deutsche Bahn is now mostly normal after initial storm impairments. However, there are great delays, especially between Nuremberg and Erfurt, with delays of about 75 minutes. According to a report of the Zeit , most streak-related disorders could be remedied at night. On Monday evening, a strong storm caused significant impairments in long-distance transport, so that some ICE trains were up to four hours late. Affected regions included Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony.

The storm not only led to delays in traffic, but also to some considerable damage. In Bottrop, a 19-year-old was injured by a falling tree. A man in Hattingen was also injured in a garden in a garden. In Cologne, a bus from Cologne's traffic operations was damaged by a fallen tree, the driver had to be brought to the hospital slightly injured. On the A9 in Bavaria, three people suffered serious injuries to aquaplaning when their car overturned after the driver lost control on wet roads.

In the Rhein-Neckar area there were numerous missions by the police and fire brigade due to the damage caused by the storm. The fire brigades in Hessen also reported many missions for gusts of wind. In Rhineland-Palatinate, ten cars were damaged by falling trees or objects. In addition, overturning trees caused damage to electricity and telephone lines, which led to short-term interruptions. For Tuesday, the German Weather Service (DWD) warned of local rain and light snowfall above 1,000 meters. It was also announced that it could get locally smooth above 800 meters.