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Leipzig (dpa) – Faster connections, more seats, more journeys: With Deutsche Bahn’s timetable change from December 10th, passengers are facing the “largest expansion of services in 20 years”, according to the company. The company announced on Friday that not only the metropolises will benefit from the improvements, but also the regions. According to the railway company, this means, among other things, for Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia:
– Halle and Erfurt will receive a second ICE connection to Vienna without changing trains – from Thuringia’s state capital, travelers can then reach Austria’s metropolis in less than six hours. There will also be eleven ICE trips a day in Halle and Erfurt in the direction of Berlin and Nuremberg/Munich. Anyone who wants to travel from Magdeburg to Hamburg, Berlin or Rostock will be able to do so more often in the future without having to change trains.
– After the change, the Karlsruhe-Stuttgart-Nuremberg intercity line will now run to and from Leipzig five times a day – according to the information, there is currently only one trip per day in each direction. In the future, a third Intercity per day and direction will be available for travelers between Berlin, Potsdam, Brandenburg and Magdeburg.
– From March 2024, the ICE Berlin-Wolfsburg-Göttingen-Frankfurt/Main (airport) will now stop in Stendal every two hours. From Erfurt the ICE departs in the early morning hours on weekdays towards Leipzig, Berlin and Hamburg. The morning sprinter to Darmstadt and Frankfurt/Main can now also be used on weekends from Erfurt via Halle. From March 2024, Baltic Sea vacationers and day trippers will be able to take the ICE from Erfurt and Halle to Berlin and then on to Binz on the island of Rügen without having to change at the weekend. The return train now runs from Binz to Erfurt and Halle on Saturday and Sunday. From Eisenach you can also travel quickly and sometimes without having to change trains to the popular Baltic Sea island.
– The plan also includes new night connections, such as the new night train from Halle and Erfurt via Cologne, Aachen and Brussels to Paris. According to Deutsche Bahn, the Berlin-Vienna-Graz night train now runs via Dresden.
The bad news: The chronic unreliability of long-distance transport will not change for the time being. In addition, rail customers have to prepare for higher prices. The general renovation of the rail network will also begin next year, which will mean step-by-step improvements to the overloaded infrastructure – although probably not until 2025.
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A touch of Hogwarts blew over Gocher train station on Saturday morning. One of the most famous steam locomotives in Europe, the 01 1104, started its journey through the Lower Rhine to Rüdesheim, hissing and whistling. Hundreds had gathered for the start. Either because they got one of the coveted tickets. Or because they simply wanted to take a look at the old lady under the locomotives, who was pulling a considerable number of wagons behind her.
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The work on the RRX expansion between Düsseldorf and Cologne was actually supposed to be completed on September 8th. But the restrictions for travelers continue for the time being, and Deutsche Bahn has to postpone the resumption of train traffic between the two major cities again.
According to Deutsche Bahn, error messages occurred during the final test drives for the new electronic signal boxes in Leverkusen, Langenfeld and Düsseldorf-Reisholz. The cause of this must first be eliminated. Further testing and acceptance drives are then necessary.
This week, the tracks also had to be dismantled again due to suspected explosive weapons in order to check the eight-meter-deep area.
For this reason, the railway line between Düsseldorf and Cologne must remain closed until at least Tuesday, September 19th (9 p.m.). “We fought until the last minute to finish the construction work on time on Friday evening. Unfortunately, all of our efforts ultimately did not lead to success,” says Michael Kolle, project manager for the RRX expansion. Passengers are expressly asked to apologize.
Until the construction work is completed, regional and long-distance trains will continue to be rerouted. Whether the railway will be able to extend the existing replacement bus service is currently being examined. The railway said they were trying to at least organize emergency transport.
The following effects on local and long-distance transport will therefore continue to exist (as mentioned, it is still unclear whether the replacement buses mentioned will run):
There are no trains between Düsseldorf main station and Cologne-Mülheim. As a replacement, buses run between Düsseldorf main station and Langenfeld and between Langenfeld and Cologne-Mülheim. In addition, express buses are also in use between Leverkusen Mitte and Langenfeld and between Langenfeld and Düsseldorf-Benrath.
RE1 (RRX, National Express)
The trains will be rerouted and the stops in Düsseldorf-Benrath and Leverkusen Mitte will be eliminated. Alternatively, the trains stop in Opladen. In addition, buses run as a rail replacement service between Düsseldorf main station and Cologne-Mülheim.
RE5 (RRX, National Express)
The trains will be rerouted and the stops in Düsseldorf-Benrath, Leverkusen Mitte, Cologne-Mülheim, Cologne Messe/Deutz and Cologne Central Station will be eliminated. Alternatively, the trains stop at Neuss main station and Dormagen. In addition, buses run as a rail replacement service between Düsseldorf main station and Cologne-Mülheim.
All trains between Cologne and Düsseldorf or Dortmund via Hilden or Solingen will be rerouted. The journey time is extended by around 20 minutes. Some trains are canceled on certain routes.
2023-09-15 23:24:35
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Dresden.
Saxony is providing additional funds for planning further expansion of the Chemnitz-Leipzig railway line. As the Ministry of Economics announced on Sunday, 8.4 million euros are earmarked for planning the southern Geithain-Chemnitz section. According to the ministry, the planning should be completed by mid-2025, and the route could be put into operation by 2030.
A financing agreement between the Free State and Deutsche Bahn has now been signed, it said. According to the information, 3.8 million euros have already flowed into the preliminary planning.
The background is the electrification of the Leipzig-Chemnitz railway line, which is an important traffic artery in Saxony. While the electrification and the double-track expansion between Leipzig and Geithain are to be paid for with funds from the investment law for the coal regions, the southern section of the route was included in the federal transport route plan – but only with the electrification of the existing, largely single-track route.
According to Economics Minister Martin Dulig (SPD), this would create a “bottleneck”. “In order to prevent this, we decided to expand the second track between Geithain and Chemnitz as much as possible.” With expansion and electrification, the prerequisites for more traffic on the climate-friendly rail will be created, according to Martin Walden, Deutsche Bahn Group Representative for Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. (dpa)
2023-08-06 17:11:56
#money #planning #GeithainChemnitz #railway #Free #Press #Saxony
There were massive disruptions on the ICE route Erfurt – Munich on Saturday morning. According to Deutsche Bahn, an ICE stalled on a valley bridge near Groß Breitenbach in the Ilm district in the morning due to drive damage. According to information from the German Press Agency, it was the Oelzetalbrücke, which spans the valley of the Oelze stream between two tunnels.
2023-07-08 08:37:43
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