Train closure before Brandenburg Day: Perleberg expects 100,000 guests!

Train closure before Brandenburg Day: Perleberg expects 100,000 guests!

The Brandenburg Day in Perleberg, which takes place from September 12th to 14th, not only brings with it anticipation, but also organizational challenges. With up to 100,000 visitors expected, the organizers are faced with the task of making the journey smooth. The railway line between Berlin and Hamburg will be closed to rail traffic from August 1st. This means that many visitors will rely on cars to get to the event, such as maz online reported.

To make travel easier, the city of Perleberg has set up three large car parks with a total of up to 8,000 spaces. These are located at Eichhölzer Weg (south), Berliner Straße (east) and Quitzow (west). Shuttle buses take visitors from the parking lot to the event site on Wittenberger Straße for a fee of 5 euros per person per day. To ensure that drivers do not get stuck in traffic, a parking guidance system will be installed on all main access roads.

Traffic adjustments and challenges

The currently planned railway closure brings with it uncertainties. Transport Minister Detlef Tabbert has announced that up to 80 of 208 planned buses will be used in rail replacement services in Brandenburg. The replacement service will be four regular and three express lines, providing both cross-connections and some direct options. Northern Courier lists the lines as follows:

• Reguläre Linien:
• Linie P: Perleberg über Quitzow und Karstädt nach Parchim.
• Linie R: Kyritz über Wusterhausen und Neustadt nach Nauen und Falkensee.
• Linie S: Wittenberge über Bad Wilsnack, Glöwen, Havelberg und Breddin nach Kyritz.
• Linie T: Quitzow und Perleberg über Weisen, Wittenberge, Geestgottberg und Seehausen nach Osterburg.
• Express-Linien:
• Linie X4: Wittenberge über Quitzow, Kyritz, Nauen und Wustermark nach Brieselang.
• Linie X8: Perleberg, Quitzow, Karstädt nach Schwerin.
• Linie X9: Quitzow, Karstädt nach Schwerin.

A crucial stop will be “Perleberg, Quitzow” as it acts as an important transfer point for replacement traffic. The bus station in Perleberg is also barrier-free, which is important for many visitors. To ensure that visitors are optimally informed, the timetable for the replacement service is published in a timely manner and the availability of the buses ordered is checked regularly.

A look at the future

Despite these challenges, city spokesman René Hill expresses the hope that the railway closure will not have a major impact on the number of visitors to Brandenburg Day. Events like these are not only a great opportunity for the local community, but also a way to strengthen the region's tourism economy, as documented by the annual and five-yearly commercial and long-distance bus transport statistics statistics-berlin-brandenburg shows.

The challenges are great, but with a good hand in organization, the days in Perleberg should be a complete success!