Traffic - Railroad chaos becomes a topic in the Bavarian state parliament
Those responsible at Deutsche Bahn and Bayerische Eisenbahngesellschaft are to explain themselves to the state parliament about the winter chaos on Bavaria's railways. On January 23, the much-criticized crisis management and failures will be discussed in the Transport Committee. "'There is no train going anywhere' is unacceptable to us. Bavaria is a high-tech state, not a developing state," said committee chairman and transport policy spokesman for the CSU parliamentary group, Jürgen Baumgärtner, in Munich on Wednesday.
He went on to say that it was unacceptable for rail traffic to come to a standstill for days on end due to too much snow and icy conditions. "The railroads must not leave millions of people in the lurch like this. We expect clear statements as to how this total breakdown could have happened and which infrastructure measures and investments can be used to make improvements and solve the existing problems in future."
Days after the heavy snowfall on Saturday, the south of Bavaria continues to fight its way back to normality. Flights were also canceled at Munich Airport on Wednesday, and there were further disruptions to rail traffic. However, the situation is normalizing, according to Deutsche Bahn (DB). Train services came to a virtual standstill at the weekend, particularly in the south of Bavaria. Bavaria's Transport Minister Christian Bernreiter (CSU) accused Deutsche Bahn of poor planning in view of the problems.
"We expect operations to gradually return to normal over the coming days," said a DB spokeswoman. On Wednesday, further lines were opened to rail traffic, including some outer branches of the Munich S-Bahn and the Munich - Rosenheim - Salzburg/Kufstein line, which is also used for international train services to Austria and Italy. The Bayerische Regiobahn, which serves large parts of southern Bavaria, also experienced individual train cancellations on Wednesday.
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