Road closure around Garmisch expected "until the middle of next week" - the diversions at a glance

Created: 06/03/2022, 21:19

By: Andreas Knobloch

A train derailed near Garmisch-Partenkirchen near Burgrain.

Now numerous railway lines and roads are closed - and probably for a long time.

Update from June 3, 7:52 p.m

.: Due to the clearance work at the accident site in Burgrain near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, the railway line and the A 95 will be closed for days.

The district office is now announcing that there will be traffic obstructions over the entire Pentecost weekend: "Due to the further salvage work in the wake of the serious train accident in the municipality of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, it is essential to stop traffic until the end of the salvage measures, which are expected to be until the middle of next week, to divert on a large scale.

This mainly affects the direction of travel to the south.”

According to the district office, there will be the following diversions:

• Long-distance traffic is already diverted to the A 95 near Sindelsdorf.

• From June 4, 2022, traffic coming from the west (Augsburg) will be diverted from the B 17 via Kurzenried/Steingaden to Füssen in the direction of the Fernpass.

• Traffic from Mittenwald / Innsbruck is temporarily diverted at Krün in the direction of the B 11 via Wallgau, Walchensee and Kochel.

• Access to the Passion Play in Oberammergau is possible from all directions.

After train accident: Road closure around Garmisch remains "safe over the weekend"

Update from June 3, 6:20 p.m.:

After the train accident with four dead near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, investigations into the cause begin.

"The first work is being done on site," said a police spokesman on Friday afternoon.

With the help of experts from the Federal Railway Authority, the police and public prosecutors wanted to find out why the regional train derailed on the single-track route towards Munich.

The police expect "lengthy investigations".

Bavaria's Transport Minister Christian Bernreiter (CSU) said that "no second train and no other vehicle" was involved in the accident.

Securing and recovering the overturned wagons will "certainly take the next few days," said a police spokesman on Friday.

“That will no longer work today.” The closures of the railway line and the parallel federal highway 2 would therefore have to “be safely maintained over the weekend”.

Due to the serious train accident near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, there are also significant traffic disruptions that will last into the weekend.

© Sven Hoppe / dpa

Train accident near Garmisch-Partenkirchen: Clinic staff ask vacationers to drive around the area so they can get to work

Update from June 3, 5:31 p.m .:

While the salvage work is going on in the train accident in Burgrain, employees of the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Clinic make a request to the public.

, they ask on the social networks

that holidaymakers and those passing through should drive around the area around the accident site or at least take a break.

Due to the devastating traffic situation, the employees are currently not coming to their job in the hospital, where they are urgently needed.

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Update from June 3, 4:57 p.m

.: Due to the rescue operation after the train accident, the railway line between Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Munich and the parallel federal highway 2 remained closed.

There were long traffic jams on the roads in the region.

The closures of the tracks and the federal road could "possibly last into the weekend", said the police spokesman on Friday afternoon.

Road and route closures due to train accident: A95 from Sindelsdorf - train turns in Garmisch and Oberau

First report from June 3, 2022

: Garmisch-Partenkirchen – Several people died in a serious train accident near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and many injured people are currently being treated.

After the train derailed (all information in our news ticker), some railway lines and roads are closed.

As the BR reports, the A95 is blocked from Sindelsdorf in a southerly direction to Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

The federal highways 2 and 23, which run close to the railway lines, were completely closed.

"We can't let the traffic run in the direction of Garmisch-Partenkirchen at the moment because the rescue workers are on the road," said a police spokesman.

Because of the beginning of the Pentecost holidays in Bavaria, long traffic jams are to be expected on the route.

Deutsche Bahn has also set up a hotline.

Train derailed near Garmisch-Partenkirchen: routes blocked

Deutsche Bahn has also restricted the train routes: “Due to the rescue service and police operation on the route, the section between Garmisch-Patenkirchen and Oberau is closed.

Trains coming from Munich turn around in Oberau.

From the Mittenwald direction, the trains turn in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.”

Heavy train accident near Garmisch-Partenkirchen - pictures from the scene of the accident

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There are already reports from eyewitnesses to the train accident in Garmisch.

One describes the accident with the words: "It was just terrible," said the eyewitness.

"It's just terrible, suddenly the train overturned." An old man told the Garmisch-Partenkirchner Tagblatt: "It suddenly rumbled and then there was dust."

According to the police, the first reports of the accident on the regional railway line between Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Munich were received around 12:20 p.m.

First, the evacuation of the train ran.