The transfer to the Spitzingsee bus now takes place in Schliersee instead of in Neuhaus.
Not all passengers have gotten used to it - which caused criticism.
Schliersee
– Day visitors and skiers who use public transport from Munich to Spitzingsee have had to change from the train to the bus in Schliersee since the timetable change on December 11th.
So far, the change was only planned one stop later at the station in Neuhaus.
However, the buses no longer stop there.
Even the next stop a few hundred meters further on Neuhauser Straße does not help passengers who got off the wrong way: The buses on route 9562 still stop there, but are not timed to match the trains of the Bavarian Regiobahn (BRB) - and when the train arrives they have just left .
Astrid Leitner (CSU) recently criticized this fact in the main administrative committee of the Schliersee municipal council.
She observed numerous passengers who would continue to get off at the train station in Neuhaus instead of in Schliersee - and would not get any further from there.
"That has to change again," said Gerhard Waas (Greens).
Other committee members said they had picked up skiers in the car who had also gotten out wrong.
RVO branch manager explains benefits of change
Mayor Franz Schnitzenbaumer (CSU) confirmed that the municipality had been informed about the timetable change on request.
"We'll follow up again," promised Schnitzenbaumer.
So far he has only received the information that the change was necessary for reasons of time.
Andreas Päschel, branch manager of Regionalverkehr Oberbayern GmbH (RVO), confirms this argument.
When asked by our newspaper, he explains: "Passengers in the direction of Spitzingsee currently have four to five minutes waiting time on the train at the train station in Schliersee, often a few minutes more." For the RVO, this is valuable and lost time, "which we urgently need". – and which can be won if passengers change to the bus before the waiting time in Schliersee.
Päschel goes on to say that if BRB were delayed, passengers would miss the bus after waiting more than five minutes, but could wait more centrally and therefore more comfortably in Schliersee.
"Guests can at least get a Leberkassemmel in Edeka and have the lake in front of them."
Passengers would benefit
In addition, the next train from Munich is often on time in Schliersee, while he has to wait in front of Neuhaus for late oncoming traffic.
As a result, the connection in Neuhaus would often fail a second time in a row, but not in Schliersee.
Päschel also criticizes the claim of having to wait for (delayed) trains in Neuhaus, but then being back in the valley on time for the return journey.
"This has become increasingly difficult over the past two years," he says.
The bus journey, which is now seven minutes longer, is offset by ten minutes less train journey - "an advantage from the passenger's point of view".
If you had to continue waiting in Neuhaus for passengers to change trains, "we would have to consider tipping the hourly service," says the branch manager.
He cannot expect his drivers to drive faster to catch the trains.
"This is about safety for the passengers and our staff." If necessary - for example in the event of a traffic jam - the RVO would continue to have passengers change trains at Neuhauser station.
BRB loses passengers between Schliersee and Neuhaus
This is no consolation for the BRB – which now misses the passengers between Schliersee and Neuhaus, who board the RVO bus one station earlier.
In a statement available to our newspaper, the company warns in a hearing by the government of Upper Bavaria that a “significant number of passengers would be shifted from rail to road”, which would reduce fare income and worsen the economic situation of BRB.
Those passengers who want to go from Bayrischzell to Spitzingsee would also have to walk from the train station to the bus stop in Neuhaus.
In addition, the BRB writes that delays are to be expected when the buses return.
They would still be able to make the train connection in Neuhaus, but not in Schliersee.
Apparently, the government has approved the timetable change.
The RVO is not planning a change.
"We've had the problem for two or three years," says Päschel.
"We need the time." nap
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