Passengers in Cottbus: Over 70 bus trips on Monday are canceled!

Passengers in Cottbus: Over 70 bus trips on Monday are canceled!

Cottbus, Deutschland - Today, on July 6, 2025, the passengers of Cottbus traffic are faced with a tense situation. As reports [Niederlausitz Aktuell] (https://www.niederlausitz-aktuell.de/niederlausitz-aktuell/cottbus/298425/ Mehrere-fahrfallalle-bei-cottbus-keit-s-s-linien-betroffen.html), numerous bus connections fail on Monday, July 7, 2025. This is responsible for illness -related failures in the driving staff who have a significant impact on all bus traffic.

A total of about 15 lines are affected, including important city and regional connections. The situation in line 13 is particularly critical, where over 20 descents are eliminated. Numerous trips are also painted on other lines such as the EV1, which in particular presents the commuters with challenges. For example, from Schmellwitz Anger trips at 4:32 a.m., 8:16 a.m. and 8:36 a.m., while several descents in the morning and in the evening are affected.

Details of the failures

The failures are not only limited to the city lines. Regional connections, for example to Döbern, Forst, Guben and Spremberg, are also affected, which limits accessibility for many people. A total of over 70 bus trips in the region have to be omitted, such as RBB24 indicates. The exact departure times and affected lines are not always clear, which is why it is strongly recommended for passengers to find out about the current connections before starting travel.

A look at the specific lines shows that, for example, line 10 must expect several failures both from the main train station and from Branitz Castle. In line 12, important trips from Kolkwitz Clinic fail, while line 14 is affected in the morning and evening.

background of the problems

The situation is also tightened by disputes between the Cottbus traffic and the works council. As reports Radio Cottbus, there is an ongoing discussion about duty roster and working hours that made up in an injunction before the Cottbus Labor Court. The court emphasized that Cottbus traffic must not change the roster without the consent of the works council. These internal conflicts seem to further affect the availability of driver.

The Verdi union calls for cooperation between the company and the works council in order to make the duty rosters future -proof. A planned meeting on Thursday could possibly bring a solution, but negotiations have often remained without agreement in the past few months.

passengers are asked to consider alternative transport options at an early stage or to form carpools. Current information can be found in the customer centers, online at www.cottbusverkehr.de and in the VBB app "Bus & Bahn". The situation remains dynamic, and how long the failures will last is currently unclear.