The storms leave their mark: on Tuesday there are significant impairments in Munich, which also put a lot of strain on the fire brigade.
- Bad weather has kept Bavaria in suspense since the beginning of the week. The German Weather service warns of “hurricane gusts”,
- On Tuesday (February 4th) the Munich S-Bahn also felt the consequences – it wasn’t just the weather that caused the disruptions.
- There are considerable delays already in the morning, the Munich fire brigade is in constant stress.
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12.40 p.m .: As a result of the signal box malfunction at Ostbahnhof, there are still isolated cases in the overall network follow delays of up to ten minutes. The line S1 Freising / airport continues to operate without stopping at the Hackerbrücke,
11.15 a.m .: Because of the tree that fell into an overhead line (see origin report), the Erding-Markt Schwaben section is on the line S2 still blocked. S-Bahn trains coming from Ostbahnhof run to Markt Schwaben and end there prematurely. A forecast for Troubleshooting is currently “unfortunately not possible,” explains the S-Bahn.
The interlocking disorder at Ostbahnhof, meanwhile, should be fixed. It was also a chaotic morning for rail travelers in southern Germany. Due to a fire brigade mission, Stuttgart Central Station was closed until the morning – and the weather was not to blame as Merkur.de * reports.
First the weather, then the technology: Significant impairments to the Munich S-Bahn
10.30 a.m .: Furthermore, commuters have to expect considerable impairments. And now it’s the signal box at Ostbahnhof, that once again refused to serve, Munich S-Bahn trains currently operate as follows:
S1 Freising / Airport: The S-Bahn starts / ends in Moosach. Alternatively, please use the underground lines U2 Feldmoching or U3 Moosach and change accordingly.
S2 Petershausen / Altomünster – Erding: The S-Bahn will be diverted between Obermenzing and Ostbahnhof (long-distance train) and the main route will not be used. The Leuchtenbergring and Berg am Laim stops are no longer required.
Again the signal box Munich East. Massive disruption to the S-Bahn. That applies #Notprogramm for the #Stammstrecke @ BR24 pic.twitter.com/nG4NMlKt3g
– Anton Rauch (@AntonRauch) February 4, 2020
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S3 Mammendorf: The S-Bahn begins / ends at the Hackerbrücke.
S3 Holzkirchen: The S-Bahn starts / ends in Giesing. Alternatively, you can switch here to the U 2 underground line.
S-Bahn disruption in Munich: The trains are currently running
S4 Geltendorf: The S-Bahn begins / ends at Munich Hbf, platform 27-36. The Hackerbrücke stop is no longer required.
S6 Tutzing: The S-Bahn begins / ends at the Isartor.
S6 Ebersberg: The S-Bahn begins / ends in Trudering. Alternatively, you can switch here to the U 2 underground line.
S7 Wolfratshausen: The S-Bahn trains run without stops between Heimeranplatz and Munich Hbf, platform 5-10. Please use the U 5 underground line to / from Heimeranplatz.
S7 Kreuzstrasse: The S-Bahn starts / ends in Giesing. Alternatively, you can switch here to the U 2 underground line.
S8 Herrsching – Airport: The S-Bahn will be diverted between Pasing and Ostbahnhof (long-distance train) and the main route will not be used. The Leuchtenbergring stop is no longer required.
By the way: DB tickets are also recognized in the MVG’s means of transport (subway, bus, tram) for the duration of the disruption.
Severe weather in Munich: Isar level in the urban area rises rapidly
9.35 a.m .: As a result of the heavy rainfall, the level the Isar has increased rapidly in the past few days. If he was still around 75 centimeters in the city area at the weekend, he has Flood News Service Bavaria already measured 274 centimeters this morning (9.30 a.m.). notification stage two are reached at a water height of 3 meters.
© Flood news service Bavaria
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9.30 a.m .: This is the current status at S-Bahn Munich: Due to weather-related disturbances, the overall network continues to suffer. delays of up to 15 minutes can occur, even short-term cancellations cannot be excluded.
8.52 a.m .: Weather conditions also affect the area Grafing to impairment in S-Bahn traffic. It is with “considerable delays and short term partial failures“To calculate, is currently reported via the route agent. Commuters are particularly hard hit by chaos around Giesingen train station; delays of up to 30 minutes are currently being announced.
After the heavy storms in the night of Tuesday, rail traffic in Bavaria is paralyzed in many places. In our News Ticker find out what restrictions are to be expected for commuters in the Free State.
Update 8.35 a.m .: In Munich, “hurricane-like gusts” have one Traglufthalle (30×40 meters) depressed. The fire brigade called in searched and secured the hall.
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An air-inflated hall with 30×40 meters was depressed by the storm.
We searched the hall and secured it so far. #Storm #Petra wirfürMünchen # pic.twitter.com/FMwaKul2dO– Fire Brigade Munich (@BFMuenchen) February 4, 2020
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S-Bahn Munich: Trees fall over – sections of the road blocked
Notification of origin from 7 a.m .:
Munich – Due to weather-related disruptions, it currently occurs in the overall network of S-Bahn Munich to impairments. “Please expect delays of up to 20 minutes. It can also be short term cancellations come, ”reports the route agent in the early Tuesday morning.
Because of a Tree in the overhead line is the route section Erding – Swabia market on the line S2 blocked. The ones from Ostbahnhof Upcoming S-Bahn trains run to Markt Schwaben and end there prematurely. On Schienenersatzverkehr between Erding and Markt Schwaben with taxis has already been set up.
“Hurricane-like gusts” have also left their mark in the Freising district. S-Bahn trains on the S1 line from Neufahrn (Freising) currently only run towards the airport after a tree has apparently turned over at Pulling.
# S1 #Freising / #Airport: Replacement traffic with taxis between Neufahrn and Freising #MVV #Train #Munich https://t.co/47uWCYXMFZ
– S-Bahn Munich (@ routesagent_M) February 4, 2020
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Passengers between Munich Airport and Freising are encouraged to use the 635 bus.
Munich: Fire brigade after severe weather in constant stress – also because of Twitter messages
In Munich there are forces of fire Department on the go since the early hours of the morning storm damage work off. “Take care of yourself,” wrote the emergency services for a status update on Twitter.
In addition, you are asked to always report impairments directly under 112: “Please help us and do not write us storm damage etc. on Twitter”.
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Please help us and don’t write us storm damage etc. on Twitter. Always call 112. # gemeinsamfürMünchenwirfürMünchen #– Fire Brigade Munich (@BFMuenchen) February 4, 2020
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* Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.
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