After the train accident near Garmisch: How long will the train chaos remain?
Heavy criticism from experts
Created: 2022-08-02 08:51
A woman from Tutzing painted this poster and presented it at a demonstration in Weilheim.
©Andreas Bretting
At the beginning of June the terrible train accident happened in Burgrain.
However, it seems to be a while before the rails are renewed - to the annoyance of those affected.
Garmisch-Partenkirchen – Julia Reich from Tutzing picked up a pen to get rid of her anger at the train.
The 47-year-old painted a poster showing the train routes around the accident site near Burgrain, where a train derailed in early June and five people died.
As you can see, chaos reigns everywhere.
Many people are affected.
Commuter.
Schoolchildren who traveled an hour longer in the morning and midday rail replacement service.
Visitors from the USA lost in replacement traffic who said: "We didn't expect Germany to be like this."
After the accident two months ago, it is still not clear when rail traffic will return to normal.
Murnau currently acts as a hub for onward travel to Oberammergau, Mittenwald and Garmisch.
Everything on the bus with corresponding delays.
Passengers, but also experts, are asking themselves: When will the trains start rolling again?
Train accident near Garmisch: Renewal of the rails very expensive
Deutsche Bahn does not commit itself.
According to an internal paper, it is possible to restart the accident route on August 16 at the earliest.
And it goes on with reference to the public prosecutor's investigations: The repair is dragging on.
Experts criticize the delays.
"If this construction site had priority, it would be finished within a few weeks," said Markus Hecht, Professor of Rail Vehicles at the Technical University of Berlin.
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Even after the ICE accident in Eschede, things were running again after a short time, said Hecht.
In the Garmisch case, however, the railways have to replace around 700 meters of rails and 500 sleepers.
Replacing the sleepers is expensive, admits Hecht.
"It's like building a new track and takes a few days." The railway has too many construction sites - and too many slow-moving sections.
That costs time and therefore money - and affects rail traffic, especially when there is high demand for the nine-euro ticket and the holiday season.
Thomas Strang, an expert in communication and navigation at the German Aerospace Center, made a similar statement.
He also criticized Deutsche Bahn's information policy.
"The public has a legitimate interest in being informed, also about intermediate statuses." The renovation backlog from decades cannot be remedied in the short term, said Strang.
He therefore spoke out in favor of measuring technology on normal trains.
With inexpensive sensors, possible weak points could be detected early and permanently during regular journeys.
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With material from dpa.
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