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"Catastrophic conditions": Schoolchildren reports about corona chaos in regional trains - train reacts surprisingly

2020-09-24T20:54:06.479Z


The corona distance rules are difficult to adhere to in overcrowded trains - a pupil experiences this almost every day on the journey to Rosenheim.


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."

+

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

)

In the video: The current corona situation in Bavaria - is there a threat of a second lockdown?

More news from all over Bavaria

You can read news about the Corona crisis in the Free State in the news ticker for Bavaria.

You can always read all other news from all over Bavaria at Merkur.de * (* Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital network).

Source: merkur

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