As soon as the retailers in Munich can look forward to an early opening, it sets the next low blow.
This comes from the railway, which has bad news for public transport users.
Munich - from the rain into the eaves - or in this case: from the pandemic * directly to the S-Bahn construction site.
These are the prospects for downtown businesspeople.
They were caught off guard on Tuesday by a message from the railway: According to this, there will be trunk line closures on a total of 18 weekends this year.
The dealers in the inner city shops fear that fewer customers will come as a result - of all things when the shops are (hopefully) allowed to reopen after the lockdown *
“I was without words,” says David Thomas, sales manager at Hirmer men's outfitter.
"Now we may reopen after almost three months - and then such a hammer!" On 16 weekends from March to August there will be numerous diversions and cancellations on the main line - the construction work will affect almost all S-Bahn * lines.
Munich: Due to construction work on the 2nd trunk line, there are schedule changes
A rail spokesman explains in
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that there will be changes to the timetable due to "work on the 2nd trunk line * (including cable and bridge work between Laim and Donnersbergerbrücke)", "as only one track is available in the affected area" .
This applies from Friday, 10.30 p.m. to Monday, 4.30 a.m.
The train spokesman points out that these are not complete closures - but: Normally only S6 and S7 run on these weekends.
In addition, there are two weekends (in May and October) when nothing goes on the main route - because of maintenance work.
“The news was shocking.
It feels like a stab in the back, ”says Hirmer sales manager Thomas.
And: “You should have chosen a better time for the construction work.” Because the weekends in particular are important for retail.
Wolfgang Fischer from the CityPartner dealer association reports: “This morning the information came from the railway.
At first I was completely horrified!
We knew about the construction work, but really nobody expected 16 weekends - especially at this time when numerous livelihoods are already threatened. "
His gloomy forecast for the construction time: "Significantly less people from the surrounding area will come to the city." And: "There, where livelihoods are threatened, a compromise must found, otherwise we will not recognize the Munich city center."
( dw, day) * tz.de and merkur.de are part of the nationwide Ippen digital editorial network