U-railway on truck! Sensational transport shocks the Berliner

U-railway on truck! Sensational transport shocks the Berliner

In Berlin, an unusual sight causes excitement: A video shows a subway car that is transported on a truck through the streets of the capital. This is done because the orphan tunnel, which is the only connection of the U5 to the other subway lines, is currently closed. According to Nils Kremmin, spokesman for the BVG, only the trains of the U5 line can be reached to the workshop in Friedrichsfelde, while other trains have to be waited in the workshops in Britz and Seestrasse. The BVG sees this Situation forced to transport trains on a low loader in order to make the workshops evenly, so reports Berlin Live .

The need for efficient maintenance is crucial to ensure the functionality of the Berlin subway. In the Grunewald workshop, which can be visited as part of the film "The Berlin subway 2019-from coming and going", not only the trains are serviced, but also produced spare parts. A fully automatic car wash is even operated here, which cleans trains with up to eight cars in length. These maintenance measures are essential so that the subway trains can remain in traffic. However, if a train has to be discarded, they often end up in scrap, while buses and trams are sometimes sold to private individuals, such as Underground Berlin reported.