Railway nodes between Cologne and Bonn closed for 2 weeks | EUROtoday

The railway node between Cologne and Bonn is totally blocked for 2 weeks. In this time, the sign bins ought to be modernized. Numerous regional trains and lengthy -distance trains fail or are redirected.

The railway node between Cologne and Bonn has been fully closed for a superb two weeks since Friday night (May 2nd). During this time, Deutsche Bahn needs to organize the commissioning of a brand new digital sign bins. In the long run, the trendy management heart in Cologne will guarantee dependable and extra strong rail visitors.

In order for the brand new alerts to be related to the present system, over 100 alerts should nonetheless be put in on the tracks. Old techniques are additionally damaged down. A complete of round 400 kilometers of cables and 200 new alerts have already been laid within the earlier development phases.

Regional trains and lengthy -distance trains fail

Since Friday at 9 p.m., rail vacationers have needed to put together for enormous restrictions on prepare visitors between Aachen, Cologne and Bonn. Regional transport, but in addition ICE connections, are affected. For instance, ICES who begin or finish in Aachen falls whereas development work on the path to Cologne.

The following traces are affected in regional visitors:

Information about all adjustments is on the market on the railway web site and the present location on Zuginfo.NRW. As all the time with giant closures, buses run as a substitute rail visitors. On May 19, the development work ought to then be accomplished and the brand new sign bins ought to be put into operation.

At the top of the 12 months, rail visitors round Cologne is predicted to be restricted once more. Then the brand new digital sign field “Cologne Hbf” ought to be introduced up. Preparations for modernization are already underway.

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