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More reserves, more buffers – Freiburg

The Ministry of Transport publishes plans for how the operation of the Breisgau S-Bahn should work better in the future.

. The Ministry of Transport in Stuttgart has published a first plan on how to get the problems of the Breisgau S-Bahn under control. For example, trains are to be coupled and winged less frequently, more vehicles are available for reserve and buffers in the timetable are to be created. Additional trains are also to be used. However, it will still take some time before the measures take effect: they are due to come into force when the timetable changes in December.

It is a bit hidden, the point “Planned measures to change the timetable in December 2020”. For a few days now there has been a new page on the Breisgau S-Bahn on the homepage of the Ministry of Transport, a “facts collection” as the authority calls it. And in addition to analyzing the problem and listing what has already been done to get the trains back on track, there is also a look ahead.

Because the first timetable of the Breisgau S-Bahn failed. After the start in December 2019, there were so many delays and cancellations that the so-called transition concept has been in effect since mid-February. A …

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