After the violent onset of winter in many regions of Germany on the weekend, extreme weather should continue on Tuesday: The German Weather Service warned during the night of sometimes heavy snowfall with mostly ten to 25 centimeters of fresh snow in the first half of the day in central Germany – should be affected especially northeast Hesse, Thuringia, Saxony-Anhalt and Saxony. In other federal states, too, people continue to face restrictions due to the onset of winter.
Problems were expected again for road and rail traffic. "Snow and ice will affect DB local and long-distance traffic in large parts of the country on Monday too," Deutsche Bahn announced on Sunday evening. Travelers were asked "to use the numerous information channels of the DB to find out about their connection before starting their journey".
Here you can find out where there are delays on Monday according to Deutsche Bahn.
Long-distance traffic: Deutsche Bahn expects restrictions at these junctions
Many more restrictions are expected until midday.
Regional traffic: Here operations stand still until the morning
- in Niedersachsen
- in the north of North Rhine-Westphalia
Travel operations are significantly restricted here
- in parts of Thuringia
- Saxony-Anhalt
- Saxony
- in the north of Bavaria
Slight restrictions are to be expected here
- Schleswig-Holstein
- Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
- Berlin / Brandenburg
Residence trains are available here
Stop trains are still available for travelers who are currently unable to continue their journey. This is announced by Deutsche Bahn on its website. Here, travelers can warm up in the trains provided until they continue their journey:
- Berlin Central Station
- Hamburg Central Station
- Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe
- Köln Hbf
- Leipzig Central Station
A free service hotline has been set up. Travelers can obtain further information on 08000 996633.
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