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"Deutsche Bahn is not careless": Norbert Moy from "Pro Bahn" on the effects of the train accident

2022-06-17T06:10:37.796Z


"Deutsche Bahn is not careless": Norbert Moy from "Pro Bahn" on the effects of the train accident Created: 06/17/2022, 08:02 Routine that is coming into focus right now: track work at the old train station in Polling (from 2019). © Ralf Ruder The shock of the train accident near Garmisch-Partenkirchen continues. Train traffic has not yet returned to normal. A conversation with Weilheimer Norber


"Deutsche Bahn is not careless": Norbert Moy from "Pro Bahn" on the effects of the train accident

Created: 06/17/2022, 08:02

Routine that is coming into focus right now: track work at the old train station in Polling (from 2019).

© Ralf Ruder

The shock of the train accident near Garmisch-Partenkirchen continues.

Train traffic has not yet returned to normal.

A conversation with Weilheimer Norbert Moy from "Pro Bahn".

Weilheim – Travelers from the Weilheim area are also affected by the train accident in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

There were several train cancellations.

We spoke to Norbert Moy (57 years old) from Weilheim, chairman of the “Pro Bahn” Upper Bavaria passenger association, about the current situation in the Weilheim-Schongau area, the safety of the railway lines and possible improvements on the Garmisch-Munich route.

Norbert Moy: Chairman of the passenger association "Pro Bahn" Upper Bavaria.

© Gronau

What effects does the Garmisch train accident have on passengers from the Weilheim area?

Significantly, especially in the morning, fewer trains run from Weilheim in the direction of Munich.

For example, there was only one train between 6 and 7 a.m. before there were three.

In the afternoon, the regional express trains from Munich are cancelled.

In Tutzing, no trains are decoupled to Kochel, the passengers have to change trains again.

Why is that, Garmisch is in the other direction?

Yes, but the trains that travel from the south to Munich via Weilheim in the morning usually stand overnight in Garmisch-Partenkirchen or Mittenwald.

Now they're in Oberau, and there's just a lot less space to park the trains.

Unfortunately, many sidings have been dismantled in recent years.

Last week there was unannounced track construction work between Tutzing and Weilheim.

The train was covered.

Do you know if this work is related to the accident?

no

But the lockdown was unannounced.

I don't want to speculate, but the assumption is that DB is currently taking a closer look at its infrastructure.

Is this also related to the fact that in addition to the numerous slow-moving stations on the Weilheim-Munich route - and on the Ammersee-Bahn - another one has been added at Dietlhofer See?

I don't know, but we passengers don't find DB to be careless, rather overcautious.

Elsewhere in Europe, people travel much faster than Deutsche Bahn would allow.

The wheel-rail system is basically very fault-tolerant, for a derailment you need massive track position errors.

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How do you actually determine when tracks are in need of repair, since there have been no more track walkers for a long time?

There are so-called measurement trains, which usually travel the individual routes once a year.

Whenever these trains were there, there were usually new slow-moving sections - as a sort of accompanying music.

Overall, safety is the top priority at Deutsche Bahn.

However, our impression is that necessary corrections are being delayed up to the limits of the permissible tolerances for cost reasons.

So there are always operational restrictions with delays and lost connections for customers until the repairs are carried out.

How do you rate Deutsche Bahn's information policy and crisis management in the wake of the accident?

Some good, some not so good.

In Pasing at the train station, for example, regional express trains to Mittenwald that never ran were announced in the past few days. These announcements then simply disappear from the display.

With the block between Tutzing and Weilheim, the DB should have pointed out the detour via Geltendorf and the Ammerseebahn.

It was positive that in the morning instead of the two-part train sets, three-part trains went to Munich, so every passenger got a seat in the morning.

Would these restrictions also exist if the Garmisch-Munich route were double tracked at several points, as it was 90 years ago?

A double-track line between Huglfing and Murnau alone would provide enormous relief.

We've been asking for that for a long time.

A half-hourly cycle would then be possible without any problems.

Do you have a guess as to how the accident in Garmisch-Partenkirchen could have happened?

No, but the event stunned me.

The train probably derailed without outside influence;

the same train, by the way, which just a few minutes earlier drove across these tracks from the other direction Determining the cause will not be easy.

The questions asked: Johannes Thoma.

By the way: Everything from the region is now also available in our regular Weilheim-Penzberg newsletter.

Source: merkur

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