RE7 railway line in Potsdam-Mittelmark: track renewal brings chaos!

RE7 railway line in Potsdam-Mittelmark: track renewal brings chaos!

From Friday evening, July 4, 2025 at 9:30 p.m., a comprehensive construction project at the Seddiner train station in Brandenburg begins, which will significantly impair rail travelers on the RE7 route between Dessau and Berlin Ostkreuz. As the Tagesschau reports on longer travel and replacement traffic by bus make it. The tracks of the Seddin train station must be completely renewed, which leads to a complete blockage of both the tracks and the train station.

The construction work affects several important train stations: Beelitz-Heilstätten, Seddin, Michendorf, Wilhelmshorst and Potsdam-Rehbrücke. On the RE7, trains will only run temporarily between Dessau and Borkheide and between the media city of Babelsberg and Berlin Ostkreuz. The bus traffic set up for the replacement travelers will run once an hour between Griebnitzsee and Borkheide and take a travel time of about an hour.

construction time and diversions

The construction work is expected to continue until August 22, 2025. After that, at least one track should be released again. However, it remains to be seen whether the RE7 trains can go through again after the re-release, since information on single-track blocking must also be processed by September 19. A spokeswoman for the Deutsche Bahn confirmed the details of the construction site and the associated restrictions for travelers.

The city of Beelitz is already reporting concerns about replacement traffic, since the existing regular buses are already very busy across the region. The Berlin-Brandenburg Transport Association (VBB) has offered to check the grants, but cannot offer solutions before the start of the blocking. The rbb24 will influence.

It remains to be hoped that travelers will get through this construction phase through clear information and smooth replacement traffic. Until the final completion of the work in September 2025, all affected commuters can bring a lot of patience and should regularly find out about the current timetables.