Traffic chaos in Dortmund: Stadtbahn line U47 is severely restricted!

Traffic chaos in Dortmund: Stadtbahn line U47 is severely restricted!

Today, on March 31, 2025, the traffic in Dortmund is significantly impaired by construction site measures on the U47 light rail line. The Dortmund Stadtwerke DSW21 have announced extensive track work that lead to a downtime of seven stops. The “Parsevalstraße” stop is also located below the affected stops, which will be completely closed from March 28th to April 2 and on April 22nd and 23rd. In these periods, drivers have to accept large -scale diversions to bypass the construction site.

For the track work, DSW21 invests around 380,000 euros in the renewal of the track infrastructure. Two tracks are exchanged over a length of about 16 meters. Two pedestrian crossings and the crossing for private transport are also renewed. This happens in several phases in order to make the construction site activities as efficiently and low in disruptive as possible and should continue until mid -April 2025.

diversions and rail replacement traffic

In the days of the blocking there will be a rail replacement traffic by bus. This is set up between the "Do-Western Filde" and "Hafen" stops and drives in a 10-minute cycle at main times, in the further course every 15 minutes. The bus lines 415 and NE13 are also affected and will be diverted from March 28 to April 2 and on April 22nd and 23rd. Replacement stops are located near the regular stops, but stops such as "Huckarder Allee", "Parsevalstr.", "Burgheisterkamp" and "Oberfeldstr." without replacement.

The “Hafen” stop becomes the key stop for passengers with mobility restrictions. On request, a specialized vehicle is available for passengers with electric wheelchairs to ensure mobility during the construction period. Residents are informed in writing about the progress, but their houses remain accessible during the work. In order to minimize possible impairments, some work could also be carried out at night.

summary of the restrictions

The current and upcoming restrictions on the U47 and U49 light rail lines Since February 21, 2023, have already had a significant impact on local public transport in Dortmund. During this period, the U49 line only drives to the main train station and the Leopoldstraße and Schützenstraße stops are also affected. In this context, the Leopoldstraße stop is replaced by the Kurfürstenstraße stop, and buses run every day every 5 minutes, Saturdays every 10 minutes and in the evening every 15 minutes.

These comprehensive measures are part of a long -term investment of DSW21 in the track infrastructure, which has also affected other lines such as U41, U45 and U49 since November last year in order to improve the quality and reliability of local public transport in Dortmund. Extensive track work was also carried out in the tunnels around Markgrafenstraße to ensure safety and smooth traffic.

For further information on these construction sites and the associated effects on public transport, the citizens can the official communication channels of Ruhr24 Ruhrnachrichten that provide regularly updated information. Further details on similar construction projects and their effects are also available on dortmund.de