Zugchaos between Chemnitz and Leipzig: Passengers breathe!

Zugchaos between Chemnitz and Leipzig: Passengers breathe!

Chemnitz, Deutschland - The rail connection between Chemnitz and Leipzig has been providing commuters and travelers as a real problem child for some time. According to the Freie Presse is known as a solemnity that has been shaped by chaos and irregularities for at least half a year is. Last Thursday, at 2:25 p.m., the regional express from Leipzig was able to collect on time despite already extensive problems. But the travelers had to be patient again, as the train went back into the opposite direction six minutes later and first had to make room for the elongating passengers.

The location is tense: overcrowded trains, unreliable timetables and technical breakdowns raise questions. TAG24 highlights the difficult circumstances that are behind these constant irregularities. The problems are varied: a single -track and non -electrified route ensures that modern electric trains that were actually necessary cannot be used. The announced battery trains from the manufacturer Alstom, which should be in use since the end of 2023, are long in coming, which also exacerbates the situation.

The causes of the chaos

The bridging solution with old double -decker trains, which are drawn by diesel locomotives that are attributable, continues to lead to instability in the company. In the past two weeks, four available locomotives have often only been operational. Falk Ester, spokesman for the Central Saxony Verkehrsverbund (VMS), criticizes the management of the Central German Regiobahn (MRB), but does not see the VMS as responsible for the delays. According to him, the VMS is responsible for ordering the trains, but the delivery delays of the battery trains were outside of its sphere of influence.

While travelers are waiting for improvements, the RE 6 is now supported by direct buses every 30 minutes. The VMS calls on the MRB to use more locomotives to improve the inadequate capacities. The delivery of the battery trains, which the disaster could hopefully end, is only planned for the end of 2025.

current traffic situation