The corona distance rules are difficult to adhere to in overcrowded trains - a pupil experiences this almost every day on the journey to Rosenheim.
Jonas Bettger takes the Südostbayernbahn (SOB) to the vocational school in Rosenheim almost every day.
Despite Corona, there is no chance to keep the minimum distances on the trains, the student complains.
Because of the overcrowding of the trains, he has already turned to the railroad several times - but received few satisfactory answers.
Rosenheim
- Dense
crowd
and
standing room
only
: Especially at
peak
times,
the
train can
get full.
In times of Corona * this is not only annoying, it can also be dangerous.
If
passengers
stand
side by side in overcrowded wagons,
distance
rules can hardly be observed.
Jonas Bettger, who
attends
the 13th grade of the
vocational high school (FOS / BOS) Rosenheim
, experiences this almost every day when he is
on the
Mühldorf-Rosenheim route
with the
Südostbayernbahn (SOB)
.
"Despite Corona * I had to find out that
distances on the train
on the busy journeys are not possible and are therefore not adhered to," said the
student
who turned to our editorial team.
Rosenheim: Student reports of corona chaos in regional trains - at one time the train is particularly full
While the corona rules in the *
school
would be scrupulously observed, this was simply on the rides by train not possible.
“The
FOS
now had a confirmed
corona case
.
Therefore, students keep a lot of distance in school and wear the
mask
everywhere, ”explains Bettger.
In the
train,
however, "all of this is then obsolete after the
space available on
some journeys is considerably undersized."
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Too few seats and no minimum distance: a student criticizes the conditions in the Südostbayernbahn (SOB).
© Jonas Bettger
A
train ride arriving at 1:26 p.m. at Rosenheim train station is
particularly worrying
.
Bettger speaks of "
catastrophic conditions
" on the train. At this time, the railway is particularly full, which is why the student already contacted
the
Südostbayernbahn (SOB)
several times - even before the
Corona crisis
. However, he was not
very
successful.
"Catastrophic conditions": Student reports of corona chaos in regional train - railway spokesman answers complaint
In response, the
student
received the
following
answer
from a
railway spokesman
: “
We checked the trains from Rosenheim University on the basis of the data available to us.
However, based on this data, we cannot determine any overstaffing.
The problem you describe, however, has more to do with the entry situation for the VT 628 vehicles used than with the demand.
These vehicles are not barrier-free;
therefore it can lead to delays with high numbers of newcomers.
As mentioned above, with the next tender of the network, these vehicles will be replaced by more modern, barrier-free vehicles that enable faster passenger changes
. "
On
demand
of our editors to
overcrowding of trains in the corona crisis
, a railway spokesman initially expressed with a quite general statement: "
In times of Corona ownership is required in the public space - and that includes public transport.
Precisely because the distance rules in public transport cannot be adhered to everywhere and at all times, the Free State of Bavaria has made it mandatory to cover your mouth and nose.
As a transport company, we very much welcome this and appeal to the responsibility of each individual to protect others.
There is expressly no obligation to distance yourself in public transport.
However, personal responsibility also means, if the train is too full, maybe just wait and choose the next connection.
Patience and serenity help us all in these times. "
Overcrowded regional trains despite corona virus - railway spokesman provides an explanation
The train
spokesman
then goes
into the specific situation.
“In the present case, which is known to the
SOB
, it is a typical
school train
.
It is only
so full
between the
stations Rosenheim Hochschule and Rosenheim
.
The test showed that a second multiple unit cannot be attached for a route with a travel time of 5 minutes, ”the
statement
said
.
The fact that the “
typical school train
”, according to Bahn, is only overcrowded for a short period of time, should
not change much
with regard to the
distance
rules.
By making the story of his
daily way to school in times of Corona *
public,
Bettger
would like to draw attention to the grievances and give
students
a voice - because, in
his opinion
, he and his classmates
have not been
taken really seriously by the
SOB
so far.
(
nema
)
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