Last evening train: BRB leaves the mayor on the platform

Created: 09/23/2022, 07:11

By: Dieter Dorby

What a hassle: the last BRB Wiesn train was cancelled.

The passengers on the platform had to improvise. © Archive TP

As the saying goes, one should not praise the day before the evening.

And the visit to the Munich Oktoberfest not before the evening drive home.

Schliersee's mayor, Franz Schnitzenbaumer, had to painfully realize on Wednesday night that it can sometimes have an adventurous end.

That had happened: Schliersee's town hall chief was at the Wiesn with three acquaintances.

The last train of the Bavarian Regiobahn (BRB) should go back to the market town - departure at 0.10 a.m. in Munich main station.

The group from the district was at the platform on time.

Who wasn't there was the train.

Instead, the notice board showed that the train was 40 minutes late.

"That can fit, we thought to ourselves," reports Schnitzenbaumer.

But after the waiting time the message disappeared, and a short time later an announcement announced that the train was no longer running.

And then a "We apologize".

"We couldn't believe it," says Schnitzenbaumer.

"A quick message, sorry - that's it." In his eyes, not enough communication.

"I would have at least wished to know the reason for the failure and brief instructions on how the passengers should get home instead." Because the platform was full despite the time.

"There were groups who wanted to go to Lenggries and to Bayrischzell."

Schnitzenbaumer and his friends decided on the most obvious solution.

They took the S-Bahn to Holzkirchen and had a friend pick them up there.

Instead of 1 a.m., the mayor only got home at 2:45 a.m.

“And our driver wasn't too happy either.

But you help yourself."

The next day, the head of the town hall did not want to let the incident rest.

He called the BRB service hotline.

"But then I couldn't find out why our train was canceled." Above all, why the cancellation of the train could not be communicated from the beginning.

As BRB press officer Annette Luckner reported when asked by our newspaper, the incident had a serious background.

An emergency operation took place on the track near Deisenhofen.

The train, which was traveling from Holzkirchen in the direction of Munich and was supposed to go back to the district at 12:10 a.m., did not get any further for safety reasons.

The BRB informed the DB Station & Service, which is responsible for the announcements in Munich, that the passengers should switch to the S-Bahn - an announcement that, according to Schnitzenbaumer, was not implemented.

An annoying situation for Luckner: "We understand the passengers completely." The main problem lies in the fact that operation and network are not in one hand.

ddy