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Corona risk in a packed S-Bahn: the train driver runs "on foot along the track" - passengers beside themselves

2020-10-31T14:26:49.921Z


A switch fault caused delays on the Munich S-Bahn - with the intention of keeping the schedule as smooth as possible, a train driver then decided to take a bold step.


A switch fault caused delays on the Munich S-Bahn - with the intention of keeping the schedule as smooth as possible, a train driver then decided to take a bold step.

  • On Thursday evening there was a

    S-Bahn chaos

    in Munich due to a disruption at the Ostbahnhof

    .

  • In addition, a train driver was waiting for an employee to

    replace

    her - initially in vain.

  • According to reports, the corona-stressed

    passengers

    did

    not

    take the

    breakdown

    so well.

Munich

- duty according to regulations: This formulation got

a whole new meaning

on Thursday evening in

Munich *

rush hour

traffic.

In the middle of the

S-Bahn chaos

, which was caused by a

turnout fault

at the Ostbahnhof, a change of train driver at the

Hackerbrücke

caused additional problems.

A driver of the

S3

was unable to continue at around 5 p.m. and waited on the platform for the changeover.

However, she was

stuck

in the S6 at the

main station *

.

Finally, the train driver of this S-Bahn took hold of his heart, drove within a few meters of the Hackerbrücke and then let the colleague get out.

"He then walked the last few meters along the platform,"

says a S-Bahn spokesman.

S-Bahn chaos in Munich: the control center calls the train driver when he is ready to drive

The disturbance at the Ostbahnhof shortly after 4 p.m. had apparently not only

mixed up

the timetable, but also the

shift

schedule for

the S-Bahn.

The S3 train driver, from the direction of Pasing

into town

had gone, to be replaced at the Ostbahnhof actually.

But because of the breakdown of the points, the

train control center

decided

to let the S3 end at the Hackerbrücke - the train should then return to Pasing.

Fixed point fault in the area # Munich East.

Trains will soon be running on the regular route.

Follow-up delays of up to 20 minutes.

Partial failures are possible.

#mvv #sbahn # munich https://t.co/UEffWPhaoy

- Munich S-Bahn (@streckenagent_M) October 29, 2020

Because strict

safety regulations

apply

to the railway

and the train drivers are not allowed to simply

exceed

their working

hours

, there was now a problem with the replacement.

In an emergency, the control center ordered a train driver from the

driver

standby who is available at the main station * for emergencies.

However, this colleague then got into the S6 - he would probably have been faster if he had run the few hundred meters.

Breakdown in the Munich S-Bahn: passengers angry about the corona risk

Many passengers - already pissed off because of the delays - were

also displeased

with the

breakdown

.

Also contributed

shirt-sleeved announcements

(something like: "The colleague has Feierabend") at.

In

addition

to the unflattering remarks about the action, there was mainly concern about the

risk of infection

in the packed train.

(dw, cjm) * tz.de belongs to the Ippen-Digital editors network.

Source: merkur

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