An emergency situation in Germany has led to a severe restriction in international traffic, reports rail freight operator METRANS. An overhead line failed on the Hamburg-Hannover railway, the main detour route for the closed Hamburg-Berlin railway.
The overhead contact line failure occurred in the evening on 31 March between Bad Bevensen and Uelzen. As a result, the Hamburg-Hannover railway has been closed entirely.
“Since this is the primary detour route for the Hamburg – Berlin closure, the German railway infrastructure is not accepting any trains into Germany. At the same time, service in the opposite direction has also been suspended”, says METRANS.
The restrictions affect all services transiting Germany to and from Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Austria, the Balkans, Poland, and, to some extent, domestic German services.