The section of track near Steinau an der Straße which was buried by a landslide on Tuesday (June 14) is free again.
Update from Tuesday June 14, 10:15 am: The section of the track near Steinau an der Straße is free again after a landslide on Tuesday morning (June 14). Rail traffic should now normalize more and more. In the morning there was rail chaos in the region with many train delays and cancellations in long-distance traffic.
Train breakdowns and delays: Interrupted ICE and IC traffic between Fulda and Hanau
First report since June 14: Frankfurt/Steinau an der Straße – On Tuesday (June 14) a landslide caused significant restrictions on rail traffic. Hesse. Apparently only long-distance traffic is affected, but to a significant extent. “Only one track is available for rail operations. There are cancellations and delays of trains and stops,” says Deutsche Bahn (DB).
The background to the significant ICE traffic restrictions in and through Hesse: Near Steinau an der Straße (Main-Kinzig-Kreis), a slope slipped for previously unknown reasons, the earth overturned parts of the tracks.
Landslide near Steinau an der Straße: train chaos in Hesse until evening?
This has a huge impact, Deutsche Bahn announced on Tuesday. Also several connections on the Frankfurt airport and the Frankfurt Central Station they are cancelled. The following ICE and IC connections in and via Hesse are affected by the landslide on the route between Fulda and Hanau:
- ICE trains on the route Berlin – Braunschweig – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Fulda – Frankfurt (M) Süd – Frankfurt Airport (M) are canceled in both directions between Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe and Frankfurt Airport (M).
- The ICE trains on the route Wiesbaden – Frankfurt Airport (M) – Frankfurt (M) Hbf – Fulda – Erfurt – Leipzig – Dresden are canceled in both directions between Wiesbaden and Fulda.
- ICE trains on the Hamburg – Hanover – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Frankfurt (M) Hbf – Frankfurt (M) Airport – Stuttgart route will be delayed by approximately 50 minutes in both directions between Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe and Frankfurt (M) Hbf and be diverted in both directions between Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof and Mannheim. There are no stops at Frankfurt Airport.
- All other IC/ICE trains between Fulda and Hanau/Frankfurt(M) are running on the scheduled routes, but are about 15 minutes late.
It is currently unclear how long the rail traffic restrictions will last. A company spokesman told Hessischer Rundfunk (HR) that the cleaning work will take the whole day. After all, local transport is not affected in the least. For all those who wanted to ride the route around Steinau an der Straße with the ICE or the IC, that shouldn’t be much consolation. (fd)
A new one has recently been taken care of IC connection via Hesse for titles. There are more problems there.
