(sda) “We hope it continues like this,” said SBB media spokesman Daniele Pallecchi in the early afternoon of the Keystone-SDA news agency. The number of passengers in the greater Bern area has not been so great so far. So far, the SBB has also had traffic volume under control throughout Switzerland, Pallecchi added.
The SBB had started on Wednesday evening with the replacement of twelve switches at the eastern exit of the Bern train station and eight other switches near the Bern-Wankdorf train station. This construction work will last until Sunday evening. Because of the “effort in 24-hour operation”, according to the SBB, several long-distance trains do not run via Bern during this time.
The SBB recommended that travelers bypass Bern train station as much as possible and consult the online timetable before starting their journey. The Bern S-Bahn is also badly affected by the construction work. Replacement buses run on certain local transport routes.
Customer drivers are on duty at several train stations. According to Pallecchi, construction work in northeast Bern has so far been going according to plan. Several dozen people work on the construction site and in customer management.
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