Regional trains between Koblenz and Wiesbaden: Lack of Personnel ensures chaos!

Regional trains between Koblenz and Wiesbaden: Lack of Personnel ensures chaos!

An acute lack of staff at a signal box will ensure considerable restrictions in regional traffic between Koblenz and Wiesbaden in the coming week. Between Friday, January 24th and Tuesday, January 28th, passengers on the affected route sections must expect hourly instead of half -hour connections. The time windows are particularly affected on Friday, Monday and Tuesday from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. and all day on weekends. The failure of an important connection at noon is also a significant burden on school traffic. The problems in the Oberlahnstein signal box have existed for days and are part of a lack of personnel that has been going on for months, such as Aktuell4U.de reported.

This lack of staff is not only located locally in Koblenz, but it also affects Deutsche Bahn nationwide. An analysis shows that hundreds of dispatchers are missing, which leads to the closure of numerous signal boxes. An anonymously permanent dispatcher told frequent failures, especially in the federal states of Thuringia and Baden-Württemberg. These failures often lead to blocked routes and necessary diversions of the trains. Unpunctuality is currently a major problem that is particularly acute for the long -distance trains of Deutsche Bahn. tagesschau.de emphasizes that signal boxes are crucial for the planning of train journeys and the monitoring of level crossings.

nationwide effects

The current Situation is serious: According to the DB-Watch portal, signal boxes in Germany have recently been vacant on over 100 days. Deutsche Bahn describes these failures as individual cases, but recognizes the lack of personnel. In many cases, the existing staff is revised and often works 55 hours a week to fill the few available places. This high load leads to increased illnesses, which further tightens the situation. The railway has launched a training initiative and has already filled 250 jobs, but forecasts adopted that Deutsche Bahn will have enough dispatchers again at the end of 2025 to ensure the smooth processes.

Especially in northern Germany, it is said to succeed in filling all vacancies this year, while many places remain vacant in the south. This has serious effects on the entire rail structure and, in the worst case, can also endanger security in rail operations. Spiegel.de Year over 375,000 minutes delayed due to lack of staff. The situation remains tense and requires quick solutions on the part of the Deutsche Bahn.