After a train accident: the Garmisch line can be used again "at the earliest on August 16".
Created: 07/14/2022Updated: 07/14/2022 19:52
By: Christian Fellner, Theresa Kuchler
Railway sleepers throughout Germany must be checked.
(Iconic image) © Ralf Ruder
After the train accident near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, thousands of sleepers nationwide have to be examined.
This leads to numerous blockages.
Weilheim/Burgrain - Apparently due to a nationwide inspection of railway sleepers, several routes were also closed at short notice in Upper Bavaria.
And the railway line near Burgrain will remain closed until mid-August, when the train accident that killed five people was two and a half months ago.
After a train accident near Garmisch-Partenkirchen: concrete sleepers are checked
The Murnau-Oberammergau and Peißenberg-Schongau railway lines are currently not being used, the Tutzing-Kochel line was apparently closed in sections, for example on Thursday evening in the Bichl-Kochel section.
There has also been no train from Garmisch-Partenkirchen to Mittenwald for a long time.
There are also a number of slow-moving sections, some of which were ordered shortly after the accident.
Dismantled track: The public prosecutor's office is still investigating at the scene of the accident.
© Bartl
The background is the train accident near Burgrain (Garmisch-Partenkirchen district) on June 3rd.
Five people died.
Because porous concrete sleepers may be a cause, 200,000 sleepers of this type are to be checked and possibly replaced nationwide.
The closures were short-term, so there were chaotic scenes.
The route to Schongau, for example, was blocked by DB Netz on Wednesday evening, also to the dismay of BRB.
There was conflicting information on the route to Penzberg on Thursday.
Sometimes there was probably no train at all.
On Wednesday, passengers had to get off in Tutzing without rail replacement services being available, a commuter reported to our newspaper.
Accident route near Burgrain: Commissioning is still ongoing
However, according to Bahn, a "recommissioning" of the Garmisch accident route is "possible at the earliest on Tuesday, August 16th".
This emerges from a letter that DB sent to authorities and town halls and that is available to our newspaper.
Passengers or the media have not yet been informed.
The repair is dragging on because the public prosecutor's office "secured and removed large pieces of the superstructure", as the letter says.
The public prosecutor's office will not release the route until the end of July, only then can the repairs begin.