Sturmchaos in the north: fallen trees stop train traffic!

Sturmchaos in the north: fallen trees stop train traffic!

Bad Bevensen, Deutschland - A storm about northern Germany has a significant impact on rail traffic on Monday, January 6, 2025. According to ndr had to be closed to late evening. The reason for this was a fallen tree on the tracks near Bad Bevensen in the Uelzen district, which led to a blocking of several hours. The ICE trains were diverted and the cleanup was completed at 9:30 p.m.

Not only the Hanover-Hamburg route was affected: there were also disturbances on the connection in Hamburg-Berlin when a tree near Gülzow in the Duchy of Lauenburg overturned. In addition, the railway line between Osnabrück and Wilhelmshaven was closed due to uprooted trees near Badbergen. In Schleswig-Holstein, passengers were confronted with travel time extensions of up to 90 minutes. The RE6 from Hamburg-Altona to Westerland/Sylt only runs at a reduced speed until Tuesday morning, while the RE7 between Flensburg/Kiel and Hamburg was redirected and the stop in Hamburg-Dammtor is eliminated. The RE70 begins and ends in Pinneberg, while the RE8/RE80 was only wrong between Lübeck and Bad Oldesloe and a bus replacement traffic was set up.

disabilities and storm damage

The northwest railway stopped its train traffic in Lower Saxony due to the weather. Furthermore, the RB 77 fell between Herford and Hildesheim and several routes such as RB 37, 38 and 79, while the S-Bahn Hannover, line S1 from Hanover to Minden, also did not run on schedule due to a defective switch. The storm led to further disabilities and accidents on the streets in Lower Saxony. In Elsfleth, Wesermarsch district, a driver was seriously injured by a falling tree.

The fire brigades in the Oldenburg region were employed with 34 missions due to storm damage. There were also traffic disruptions in Uelzen, Hildesheim and in the Hanover region. Wangerooge's ferry operation to the mainland had to be restricted in the afternoon. The storm also ensured a storm flood warning on the East Frisian coast and in the Weser area, with floods of up to 1.5 meters above normal level.

like Tagesschau reported, the violent gusts and fallen trees in northern Germany and northern North Rhine-Westphalia also influenced the long-distance traffic of the Deutsche Bahn. Every second train in long -distance transport has been affected and late since Wednesday, which led to a lack of direct connections between Hamburg and Berlin. The fire brigade and repair teams are still in use to clear and restore the routes. A regional train of the metronome line collided with a fallen tree on the Uelzen-Hannover route, luckily there were no injuries.

The weather forecast shows that the wind should relieve Tuesday night, but heavy thunderstorms and hurricane -like gusts are possible. Heavily cloudy weather with shower and possible snowfall in the mountain country is also expected, while the temperatures at low values ​​of 4 degrees Celsius will decrease in the resin up to -1 degrees Celsius.

-transmitted by West-Ost-Medien