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Weather chaos: train failures and delays all over Germany - large airport closed

2021-02-08T21:10:13.564Z


Due to the snow chaos in large parts of Germany, there are disabilities and cancellations in air, road and rail traffic.


Due to the snow chaos in large parts of Germany, there are disabilities and cancellations in air, road and rail traffic.

  • Deep “Tristan” caused slipperiness, ice and snow chaos in many places.

  • Both rail, air and road traffic are affected - failures, closures, delays and other severe restrictions can be expected throughout the day.

  • The railway reimburses tickets and reservations.

  • This ticker is updated regularly.

Update from February 8, 6:50 p.m.:

The icy weather including snowfall has also led to impairments at Deutsche Post DHL.

On Monday there were delays in the delivery of parcels to sorting centers due to blocked motorways in parts of Germany, said a company spokesman in Bonn.

This had the consequence that the delivery failed in some areas.

The spokesman named North Rhine-Westphalia and Thuringia as examples of federal states that were partially affected.

In Thuringia, the delivery of letters and parcels failed almost completely - only in the Thuringian Forest were a few vehicles in some places.

With the sometimes chaotic road conditions, the health of the employees was in the foreground, according to the Post.

Many consumers probably did not even notice the delivery bottlenecks.

After all, Monday is the working day of the week on which the number of letters posted is lowest.

For this Tuesday, the group expects a "calming down and extensive normalization in operation" in Germany.

Winter onset in Germany: Leipzig stops public transport - Dortmund tackles it

Update from February 8, 6:40 p.m.:

Leipzig

stops

public transport.

The reason is the winter chaos in the Saxon city.

"Nothing works here in local transport," said an ntv reporter about the current situation.

In the morning trams derailed once or twice, after which the transport companies decided to cease operations for safety reasons.

Update from February 8, 6:20 p.m.:

In Dortmund, a tram has come to a standstill due to icy tracks.

But passers-by courageously intervened inside.

And pushed the stuck train.

The trip was a special trip, a driving school instructor tested whether the route was passable, said a spokeswoman for the Dortmund public utility company ntv.

In the vicinity of the city center, the tram could no longer continue on an incline.

A video of the action circulated on Twitter.

The municipal utility responded with the following words: "We like our passengers."

Update from February 8, 1:51 p.m.:

Trucks over 7.5 tons are not allowed to drive on the highways around Osnabrück until midnight and not around Westphalia until 6 p.m.

A1, A30 and A33 are affected.

The Osnabrück police announced on Twitter: “Please continue to avoid all unnecessary journeys”.

The motorway sections in Emsland and in the county of Bentheim, where a ban initially applied, are now free again.

Germany in flockdown: In many places there is chaos, the traffic is lame - a situation overview

First report from February 8th:


After a heavy onset of winter on the weekend, people in the north and in the middle of Germany still have to be prepared for snow and icy temperatures.

Rail traffic is also severely impaired in large parts of the country on Monday (February 8).

Because of the extreme weather, there are train cancellations and delays all day, according to the railway.

In many places nothing went on on the motorways either.

Train failures in large parts of Germany - almost nothing works in Hamburg

Due to snow, black ice and strong winds, long-distance traffic should be suspended in many places until further notice, according to Deutsche Bahn.

The restrictions therefore particularly affected the regions of Berlin and Hamburg, where almost no long-distance trains started on Monday.

Accordingly, the connections from both cities in the direction of Hanover, Cologne, Frankfurt and Munich remained suspended.

Long-distance trains in the direction of Leipzig, Frankfurt, Hanover and Cologne should also initially no longer run from Dresden.

In addition, long-distance traffic north of Frankfurt has also been discontinued.

Because of rail chaos: DB reimburses tickets and reservations

The railway is therefore accommodating to refunds on Monday.

Because of the onset of winter, tickets can be postponed or canceled free of charge.

Long-distance tickets for Saturday to Monday (February 6th to 8th) can


be used flexibly

up to and

including seven days after the end of the disruption or canceled free of charge, Deutsche Bahn informs on its website.

The reimbursement form is available online.

Seat reservations can also be exchanged free of charge


.

Because of snow and ice: traffic problems in local traffic, also ferry traffic partially suspended

But people also have to expect massive restrictions in local transport.

In the capital Berlin there are failures and massive delays in the S-Bahn.

No more than 60 km / h should be driven on the city highways.

"Anyone who drives a vehicle today should definitely plan more," advises the traffic information center.

Several cities in Hesse have also completely stopped bus traffic due to ice and heavy snowfall, including Kassel and Marburg an der Lahn.

Buses and trams remain in the depots in Kassel, according to Stadtwerke.

"When the situation will normalize again, we cannot foresee," the

Hessische / Niedersächsische Allgemeine

quoted

an official body.

The North Hessian Transport Association (NVV) calls on commuters to find out before their journey whether buses, trains or regional trains are running at all.

Due to the weather and road conditions, operations are not possible in some places.

The regional trains from Halle, Erfurt and Fulda to Kassel also remain suspended, connections to North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony are affected.

There are also failures between Kassel and Frankfurt.

In Leipzig and Erfurt, trams equipped with snow shovels tried to make the tracks passable again.

In Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia, garbage collection was also canceled in many places due to the fierce winter weather.

In addition, according to Deutsche Post, there were no letter or parcel deliverers in Thuringia with a few exceptions.

Persistent strong easterly winds and the associated low water cause problems with ferry traffic to and from many East Frisian islands on Monday.

The connections between Baltrum and Nessmersiel and the ferry between Wangerooge and Harlesiel failed on Monday, as the operators announced on the Internet.

The trips planned for Monday noon were also canceled between Langeoog and Bensersiel.

The ferry traffic between Norderney and Norddeich went largely according to plan.

Juist can still not be reached by ship.

Both the ferry and the fast ferries were canceled on Monday, as the shipping company Norden-Frisia announced.

Transport Minister Scheuer advises: "Better to stay at home on Monday!"

The Federal Minister of Transport Andreas Scheuer (CSU) advises everyone who is affected by the current snow chaos to stay at home.

One could not guarantee to get the rail traffic up and running again in the course of Monday, so Scheuer opposite

Bild live

.

The Dortmund police also agree: With the onset of rush-hour traffic, “more and more road users reported to the police operations control center” because there was a standstill on Dortmund's streets.

“Use your home office and other options not to take part in traffic.

The transport companies and winter service are doing what is possible, ”said a statement.

The police advise in many places to only make urgently needed trips.

Traffic stress also on the streets: "The situation is catastrophic"

There were massive problems on the streets on Monday, especially in East Germany.

From Saxony, the police reported large-scale, severe obstructions on the motorways 4, 9 and 17 due to snow drifts, vehicles parked sideways and broken down and poor visibility.

In Hesse, Thuringia and Lower Saxony there were also traffic jams and traffic disruptions, for example on motorways 3, 4, 5 and 7. In some cases, lanes were closed.

The obstacles reached as far as Bavaria, where the police mainly reported problems along the slopes of Autobahn 9 and 72 in the Bayreuth and Hof area.

Trucks got stuck there.

"The situation is catastrophic," said a police spokesman in Fulda early on Monday morning. In weather-related accidents, the police in North Rhine-Westphalia alone counted one dead and 37 slightly injured between Sunday morning and Monday morning (6:00 a.m.).

In Duisburg a car went off the road on Sunday and landed in a stream - the driver died in the process.

In many federal states, emergency services, fire brigade, technical relief organizations, road maintenance services and the police have been on duty since the weekend.

They freed stuck motorists from snowdrifts and roofs from dangerous snow loads, cleared fallen trees, helped de-icing switches and took over supply trips.

Snow chaos also paralyzes air traffic in places

Airports are also struggling with the current weather conditions.

Since the runway is icy, Dortmund Airport has temporarily suspended flight operations.

No machines can take off and land here until 1 p.m., machines destined for Dortmund would be diverted to Cologne / Bonn.

The airport announced.

(dpa / jh)

List of rubric lists: © Matthias Bein / dpa-Zentralbild / dpa

Source: merkur

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