Regional and long-distance traffic is only slowly getting underway again after the heavy onset of winter. “Unfortunately, we still expect restrictions on Tuesday,” said a railway spokeswoman on Monday. Although local traffic was resumed on some routes in the afternoon – for example, regional trains ran again between Bremen and Hanover – “but still very irregularly,” said the spokeswoman. In long-distance traffic, occasional trains again ran between Hamburg and Hanover – further south towards Kassel the route was still blocked by snow and ice.
Frozen switches, frozen overhead lines and snow drifts still make many routes impassable. There have been many clearing drives, for example with snow blowers. But due to the wind and persistent snowfall, railway lines were often closed again with snow a little later. The train advised travelers to find out about connections on the Internet before starting their journey.
S-Bahn in the Hanover region
Only a few routes are currently served. There are no S-Bahn trains on most routes. And here there is limited operation and repeated train cancellations.
S 1 Minden – Hannover Hbf – Haste
S2 Nienburg – Haste
S5 Hanover Airport – Hameln
Regional traffic
The local railways of the DB in Lower Saxony and Bremen are only served the following connections:
RE 5: Start Lower Elbe, Cuxhaven – Hamburg Hbf
RE 8: Bremerhaven-Lehe – Bremen Hbf – Hannover Hbf
RE 1: Bremen Hbf – Hannover HbfBremen Hbf (09:17) – Hannover HbfHannover Hbf (09:20) – Bremen HbfHannover Hbf (11:20) – Bremen HbfHannover Hbf (13:20) – Bremen Hbf
Long-distance transport
Trains are also canceled in long-distance traffic to and from Hanover. In addition, rail traffic between Germany and the Netherlands has ceased. Long-distance trains between Hamburg, Hanover and Frankfurt are still canceled. The connections between Cologne, Hanover and Berlin remain suspended. Small intercity trains are currently running between Hanover and Norddeich Mole.
metronome
The regional train operator Metronom also has disabilities. On the route between Hanover-Göttingen, train journeys are only possible in isolated cases, there are severe restrictions. Train journeys are largely possible between Hanover-Uelzen, some restrictions apply.
There are few disabilities on the connections Uelzen-Lüneburg-Hamburg and Hamburg-Rotenburg.
Enno
On the Enno connections Wolfsburg-Braunschweig-Hildesheim and Wolfsburg-Gifhorn-Hanover, no train journeys are currently possible, the company announced. Between Wolfsburg and Hanover, Enno has set up an emergency service with four buses every two hours. The buses stop at all intermediate stops.
Erixx
On the routes Braunschweig-Gifhorn-Uelzen and Bad Harzburg-Hanover as well as Bad Harzburg-Braunschweig, trains are no longer possible on Tuesday until the end of operations. Emergency bus services have been set up on the Soltau-Bremen, Soltau-Hanover, Uelzen-Soltau, Soltau-Buchholz connections. The trains between Lüneburg and Dannenberg run regularly.
Abellio Rail
Abellio Rail Central Germany temporarily stopped its train service on Sunday morning because of the heavy snowfall. The Goslar-Magdeburg connection is currently still closed.
Westfalenbahn
The connection between Hanover and Braunschweig is severely restricted. There are numerous delays.
Here you will find more information
Further information from Deutsche Bahn
Deutsche Bahn would like to point out that customers can cancel their long-distance tickets already booked free of charge or use them in the coming week. The railway has set up a free service number for its passengers on (08000) 996633. Before starting their journey, passengers should consult the travel information bahn.de/Liveauskunft, im DB Navigator or at the regional customer dialogue on (0180) 6996633 (20 cents per call, for mobile communications a maximum of 60 cents per call).
From RND / lni / sbü
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