Floor fire near Bernau: rail traffic between Berlin and Barnim paralyzed!
Floor fire near Bernau: rail traffic between Berlin and Barnim paralyzed!
Today, on June 16, 2025, there are struggles from a embankment fire near Bernau (Barnim) with significant effects on regional rail traffic. Deutsche Bahn has announced that cable was damaged by the fire, which led to an interruption of the RB24 regional railway line between Berlin-Lichtenberg and Bernau. In addition, the RE3 between the Berlin Hauptbahnhof and Bernau is affected, which presents travelers with great challenges.
The disorders not only affect regional traffic. Long-distance transport must also accept diversions and failure failures, especially for ICE trains to connections from Binz via Berlin to Munich and Frankfurt am Main. The S-Bahn, on the other hand, remains fully operated and can be used as a bypass.
consequences of the disorders
The repair of the damaged cables is expected to take some time. The railway expects train traffic to be resumed on Tuesday evening. In the meantime, it remains unclear how many travelers are affected by the disorders, but long -distance transport is often a challenge, especially on strongly frequented travel days.
In parallel to the incidents in Bernau, there are reports of a smoldering fire on the railway line between Düsseldorf-Airport and Duisburg Hauptbahnhof, which also led to significant restrictions in regional and S-Bahn traffic. Numerous trains stopped at the next train station and waited during the closure, which was lifted again shortly after 8 a.m. Here, too, delays and failures were inevitable.A look at weather -related disorders
The incidents take a look at the growing challenges for the rail infrastructure in Germany, especially in the context of weather -related disorders. According to the Environmental Federal Agency , violent weather events such as dryness, heat, heavy rain and storm are large risk factors. In 2021, many weather -related disorders were recorded, which illustrates the susceptible nature of the rail infrastructure.
Especially the extreme weather conditions have the potential to increase disorders from embankment fires, which have occurred more often in recent years. Due to climate change, an increase in such extreme events is expected, which brings the need to reduce the effects on the rail infrastructure.
The current incidents at Bernau and Duisburg are an urgent reference to the current challenges and the need for measures to keep the importance of rail transport in Germany.
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