Snow chaos in Bavaria: After around 160 takeoffs and landings at Munich Airport had to be canceled due to the weather on Friday, the situation deteriorated dramatically on Saturday evening. Flight operations have been completely stopped and train traffic is also severely affected. Many passengers had to spend the night in their trains.
The main station in Munich is not accessible. A Deutsche Bahn spokeswoman explained that long-distance traffic is currently suspended in the greater area of the Bavarian capital, among other places. The connections to Salzburg, Innsbruck, Nuremberg, Stuttgart and Lindau were cancelled. Restrictions can be expected throughout Saturday.
Deutsche Bahn also said that weather-related train cancellations and delays could also occur in other parts of southern Germany. All passengers who wanted to postpone their planned trip in southern Germany due to the onset of winter could use their ticket at a later time. The train connection has been discontinued. Deutsche Bahn asked people to find more information on the bahn.de website or by calling travel information before starting their journey.
The police advise against ‘unnecessary travel’.
The police in Munich advised against driving. Unnecessary travel must be “urgently avoided”, a spokesperson said on Saturday morning. Cars must be equipped with winter tires and drivers must pay attention to the correct speed. Given the heavy snowfall, the traffic situation is “extremely challenging” and clearing services are available. Pedestrians should also watch for falling objects such as branches or snow from roofs.
In Ulm and Munich passengers had to spend the night on trains. Subways, buses and trams initially stopped running in Munich. Numerous accidents occurred on the roads in southern Bavaria, most of which resulted in property damage, according to police. The police in Upper Bavaria South called on the population to stay at home. The emergency services are in constant use.
Death in an accident on a snowy road
However, a 54-year-old driver was killed in an accident on a snowy road in Baden-Württemberg. According to the police, the man slipped and ended up after turning 180 degrees into the oncoming traffic in Emmingen-Liptingen. There he collided with a pickup truck on Friday evening. The driver was seriously injured by the impact and died on the spot. The pickup truck left the road and ended up in a ditch. The 67-year-old driver of the van was uninjured.
Disabilities also in Swiss train traffic
Due to the heavy snowfall, the railways in Switzerland are also out of sync: several sections of the Räthische Bahn (RhB) in the canton of Graubünden are interrupted or have only limited access. According to RhB, alternative transport was only possible to a very limited extent. The Arosa line from Chur to Arosa was interrupted. The line is without power and replacement transport is not possible. The duration of the interruption is indefinite.
Source: Krone
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