Rail traffic - New timetables for rail and public transport
The transport associations in Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland are also changing their timetables on Sunday night. At the start of the new year, passengers will also face higher ticket prices in some cases. Construction work and the associated restrictions are also expected in many places in 2024.
The rail company Vlexx will be offering more journeys in Saarland from December 10. In future, several connections on the RB74 line from Homburg will not only run to Neunkirchen, but also on to Illingen and will also run on Sundays. The frequency of the line will also be increased.
Four new journeys will be added to the RB72 from Saarbrücken to Lebach-Jabach. For reasons of sustainability, the company will no longer use printed folding timetables in Saarland. However, customers can either print these out themselves or have them printed out and delivered at the customer center. There will only be minor adjustments on the local route. For example, the RB34 from Baumholder will in future run partly to Bad Kreuznach instead of just to Kirn.
Due to a lot of construction work by DB Netz AG, restrictions are to be expected in many places in the coming year. For example, Vlexx services between Mainz and Worms and between Mainz and Frankfurt will be canceled from mid-July to mid-December 2024. There will also be night-time cancellations on the RE3 and RB33 lines between Gau-Algesheim and Mainz from August to November.
In the district of Cochem-Zell, there will be a new bus service and 51 new bus routes with the timetable change, as announced by Verkehrsbund Rhein-Mosel(VRM). Prices in the VRM area will rise by an average of around eight percent at the turn of the year, but school and senior citizen tickets will not be affected.
In the north of the Vulkaneifel district, almost all towns around Gerolstein, Hillesheim and Jünkerath will be connected to Prüm at regular, at least two-hourly intervals, according to the Trier Transport Association.
There are also innovations on Deutsche Bahn's long-distance route: From March 2024, an ICE Sprinter will run from Saarbrücken to Berlin and to the Baltic island of Rügen at weekends. There will be more ICE trains on the Middle Rhine route overall, partly because Intercity connections will be replaced, as reported by Deutsche Bahn. Accordingly, one or two ICE trains per day and direction will run on the route between Stuttgart via the Middle Rhine Valley to Cologne instead of IC trains, which will then travel on to Berlin.
With the timetable change, rail competitor FlixTrain is also expanding its services. Mainz will also be served again from spring 2024.
Announcement Vlexx Announcement VRM Announcement VRT Deutsche Bahn on the timetable change
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- Passengers in Saarland will benefit from increased rail service starting December 10, as Vlexx introduces more journeys on the RB74 line, extending service to Illingen and operating on Sundays, with an increased frequency as well.
- The transport association in Rhineland-Palatinate, Verkehrsbund Rhein-Mosel (VRM), has announced new bus services and 51 new routes in the district of Cochem-Zell, with an average fare increase of around eight percent at the turn of the year, excluding school and senior citizen tickets.
- Construction work by DB Netz AG is expected to cause restrictions in many places in 2024, including cancellations of Vlexx services between Mainz and Worms and between Mainz and Frankfurt from mid-July to mid-December.
- In the Trier Transport Association's service area, nearly all towns around Gerolstein, Hillesheim, and Jünkerath will see regular, at least two-hourly connections to Prüm starting with the timetable change.
- Deutsche Bahn's long-distance route will see innovations, such as an ICE Sprinter running from Saarbrücken to Berlin and to the Baltic island of Rügen at weekends, with more ICE trains on the Middle Rhine route overall, partly due to replacing Intercity connections with ICE trains.
- In Saarland, the rail company Vlexx will no longer provide printed folding timetables due to sustainability reasons, allowing customers to print timetables themselves or have them delivered at the customer center, with only minor adjustments on the local route.
- As part of the timetable change, rail competitor FlixTrain is expanding its services, with plans to serve Mainz again starting from spring 2024.
Source: www.stern.de
