Train fiasco in MV: Climate systems fail-travelers in the heat!

Train fiasco in MV: Climate systems fail-travelers in the heat!

At the weekend, traveling with the regional express 8 from Berlin to Wismar became a endurance test for many passengers. According to NDR fell in five trains of the ODEG (Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn). The said regional express, which took more than three hours for the route, was particularly affected. A technical defect, specifically overheated transformers, ensured that it got unbearably hot on the trains.

The trains were not only unclimed, but also overcrowded: the double-decker train used offers space for almost 430 seating and more than 660 standing room. This is particularly disappointing because the summer months just start and the demand is correspondingly high. Odeg announced that it will work on a solution to avoid such incidents in the coming months.

critical situation in Berlin

A similar picture was shown in Berlin on the same Sunday evening. Here, 1200 passengers stopped in a regional express. Here, too, a technical defect, this time on the brakes, was the reason for the disorder. The air conditioning system could no longer be supplied due to a turned off, which led to a critical situation. After an hour of waiting and requesting passengers into the adjacent forest, the emergency services were finally alerted. According to Welt , however, were not to be complained about.

In order to evacuate the passengers, 50 firefighters and employees of the Deutsche Bahn and police were on duty. The passengers could finally be brought into a safe area away from the tracks to continue their trip. The situation clearly shows how critical the condition of the technical infrastructure is, especially when you consider that the summer heat also rely more and more travelers on train traffic.

a constant problem

The unreliability of the climate systems on trains is not a new topic. According to an investigation by T-Online there was a failure of 0.3 percent of all ICE and IC cars due to defective air conditioning. It shows that reliability in modern ICE trains is quite higher, which is emphasized by Deutsche Bahn itself. The feedback from the passenger representation comes with the feedback that the overall reliability is good, even if there are always a subjective perceived failures.

Deutsche Bahn is investing massive funds in the maintenance and improvement of air conditioning technology year after year. For example, a test wagon is used to test innovative solutions to further optimize climatic conditions in trains. This gives hopes for future summer, in which the air -conditioned trains will hopefully not invite you to sweat again.