Whether visiting relatives or driving on the Christmas holidays: A lot more traffic is to be expected around Christmas.
At least one tradition was canceled due to the lockdown last year: traffic jams on the freeway around the holidays. Despite the corona pandemic, the SWR3 traffic center is expecting more traffic again this year. However, it will probably not be quite as much as it was before the pandemic. And at the train? There is also a lot to take into account. We give you the overview!
Overview:
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Those are particularly affected days immediately before Christmas Eve, So December 22nd and 23rd: This is when the holidays begin in most federal states. The return journey takes place on December 26th the journey on, even then an increased volume of traffic is to be expected. If you can’t avoid driving on these days, you definitely should schedule more travel time. And if it does happen and your car is stationary, podcasts can help make waiting in traffic at least a little more fun or exciting.
A6, A8, A81
Our traffic experts anticipate a particular risk of traffic jams at these hotspots:
- A6 Heilbronn – Nuremberg
- A8 Karlsruhe-Stuttgart Here SWR3 traffic expert Max Oehl warns in particular: “Especially near Pforzheim you have to expect traffic jams due to the permanent construction site.“
- A81 Stuttgart – Singen
In addition, these routes ADAC sea risk of traffic jams:
- Greater Hamburg, Berlin, Cologne, Frankfurt and Munich areas
- A 1 Cologne – Dortmund – Bremen – Hamburg
- A 2 Dortmund – Hanover – Braunschweig – Berlin
- A 3 Cologne – Frankfurt – Nuremberg – Passau
- A 4 Kirchheimer Dreieck – Erfurt – Dresden
- A 5 Hattenbacher Dreieck – Karlsruhe
- A 7 Hamburg – Hanover and Würzburg – Füssen/Reutte
- A 9 Munich – Nuremberg
- A 10 Berliner Ring
- A 24 Hamburg – Berlin
- A 61 Mönchengladbach – Koblenz – Ludwigshafen
- A 93 Inntal triangle – Kufstein
- A 95 / B 2 Munich – Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- A 99 Munich bypass
Tip: It’s best to stop by the SWR3 traffic center. Because there you will find, among other things, a traffic jam map. You can use it to adjust your itinerary and avoid traffic jams as much as possible.
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Traffic jams, construction sites, closures – before the weekend there is a lot going on on the roads! The SWR3 traffic center has all the latest information. Inform before departure and avoid the traffic jam.
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SWR – Alexander Schweitzer
Shortly before Christmas is at the train station busy. the 23rd of December is the day when she expects a particularly large number of travelers. At the December 27th and 28th the situation becomes similar. The trains will be very busy here. From now until the New Year will be around 100 extra moves deployed. The train wants to equalize where possible.
It won’t be as crowded as it was before Corona. The railway expects that a third less will be going on. But it will too significantly fuller than last year around Christmas. There was hardly anything going on in the trains.
There is a stumbling block for families at the moment: Also Children from 6 years need one when traveling by train over Christmas negative testif they are not vaccinated. Because during the holidays, schoolchildren are not exempt from the obligation to take a test at Deutsche Bahn.
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Train attendant on the train about his experiences with 3G control
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