Fire brigade fights against chaos: Train fire lame train traffic to Cottbus!

Fire brigade fights against chaos: Train fire lame train traffic to Cottbus!

A dramatic situation for commuters and travelers: A fire in a parked train wagon caused considerable restrictions on the railway line between Berlin and Cottbus in the early morning. The regional trains of lines RE2 and RE7 are particularly affected. This emergency leads to a variety of delays and failures in regional traffic, which messes up the travel plans for many people. As the Berliner Zeitung was the train when the fire occurred, so that luckily no injured are complained.

The burning wagon belonged to a parked train near Lubolz (Dahme-Spreewald district). Replacement buses were already used at night to promote the affected travelers. A track between Lübben (Spreewald) and Brand Tropical Islands is currently released. Nevertheless, the second track remains closed for the time being, and the exact date for complete release is still uncertain. This situation is reminiscent of a similar incident the previous week in which a fire in the Barnim district caused chaos and resulted in considerable cable damage. Here, too, the train operation started again.

A look at the effects

The greatest inconvenience affect not only the regional trains, but also some remote connections. According to the Tagesspiegel Main) and line 28 (Baltic Sea resort Binz to Munich). Hold in Bernau, Eberswalde, Angermünde, Prenzlau, Pasewalk, Anklam, Züssow and Greifswald; A replacement stay in Neustrelitz was set up for this. For many travelers, this is a bitter disappointment that they had hoped to be spared soon.

In these challenging times, the importance of a reliable public transport, whose developments are recorded in vdv-year report . The comprehensive representations of the industry and its members underline the need to invest in infrastructural measures in order to minimize such disorders in the future. While the cleanup is continued at the fire location, it remains to be seen how quickly normalization in rail traffic is possible.