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2022-06-18T09:10:34.867Z


The train accident in Garmisch-Partenkirchen with five dead and more than 60 injured is a tragedy of tangible proportions. The information policy of Deutsche Bahn, on the other hand, is a tragedy. At least that's how many travelers feel, who really feel left behind in the Mittenwald holiday destination station.


The train accident in Garmisch-Partenkirchen with five dead and more than 60 injured is a tragedy of tangible proportions.

The information policy of Deutsche Bahn, on the other hand, is a tragedy.

At least that's how many travelers feel, who really feel left behind in the Mittenwald holiday destination station.

Mittenwald –

CSU councilor Regina Hornsteiner puts it in a nutshell: “The train is currently crazy.

Your staff is totally overwhelmed, has no idea, and nobody else feels responsible.” As early as January, she complained that there was no longer a DB information stand in Mittenwald station.

Train passengers now felt the consequences of this.

Since the route between Mittenwald and Garmisch-Partenkirchen had been closed since the train accident on June 3, they had to resort to rail replacement services.

The train is crazy at the moment.

Your staff is totally overwhelmed, has no idea, and nobody else feels responsible.

Councilor Regina Hornsteiner

But then situations like the following arise: At the train station, there is an empty bus without a driver at the stop of the Regionalverkehr Oberbayern (RVO).

Around 25 customers are waiting for the scheduled departure.

But nothing happens.

A representative of Deutsche Bahn appears.

She reports that the departure is delayed because the bus driver has gone on his lunch break.

When asked why there are no signs at the train station stating that there are no more trains heading towards Garmisch-Partenkirchen and that the departure times are also being postponed in the replacement service, the answer is: "We are not responsible for that." There are information boards on the platforms informed that trains are currently only in use in the direction of Seefeld.

In order to get some information, many people go to the station restaurant "Das Lokal".

"There are more every day," reports landlord Klaus Häcker.

"I remain friendly and provide information to the best of my knowledge, because the guests can't help it." In this context, the local tenant complains again and again that the DB -Information stand with ticket sales was closed.

"We should have continued to look after the rail customers for an hourly wage of around two euros," the entrepreneur repeats the problem with dear money.

"We stopped working with DB."

Our guests stand in the rain even though the sun is shining. 

Philip Goka

Since the ticket machine in the station hall was also removed, guests often seek advice from the tourist information center in the town hall.

“The few investments made by DB are now making themselves felt,” regrets TI office manager Philipp Golka.

“Our guests are standing in the rain even though the sun is shining.

There are many questions and no answers, especially since conflicting information is circulating on the Internet.” Nevertheless, the tourist information is trying to help.

"But we often can't pass anything on because we don't get any information ourselves."

Such conditions are not a calling card for a vacation spot.

The CSU parliamentary group thought the same thing and Mayor Enrico Corongiu (SPD) made the suggestion in January that employees of the tourist information could not also sell train tickets in the future.

But there is prompt rebuff from Alpenwelt-Karwendel-GmbH.

"The effort for a DB agency in the town hall is too high," says AWK managing director Sabrina Blandau.

"We discussed the pros and cons in detail in the relevant committees and decided that we would no longer pursue this goal." to get."

And what is Deutsche Bahn's response to these allegations?

A corresponding request from the Tagblatt remained unanswered even after two days.

In this context, the announcement that has been heard on the answering machine at the RVO control center in Weilheim for several days is also significant.

"The person you want has switched off their mailbox, so you can't leave a message either."

Mittenwald – on the siding.

Wolfgang Kunz

Source: merkur

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