The wintry weather caused problems in public transport on Wednesday with freezing rain and cold. In addition to the flight cancellations at Munich Airport, there were also disruptions in Bavarian rail traffic. The Deutsche Bahn had to temporarily suspend regional traffic between Munich and Buchloe due to the weather. Several regional trains operated by the Go-Ahead railway company were stranded in the afternoon due to black ice, some even on the open route.
“We can therefore currently only maintain operations on the Memmingen – Lindau route and had to temporarily suspend all other routes,” said a statement from Go-Ahead. The British company only started operations in Swabia when the timetable changed last Sunday.
The zoo in Augsburg also closed due to the danger of ice and broken ice, and the city of Munich closed its cemeteries. Upper Bavaria and Swabia were particularly affected by the icy winter weather. In Lower Bavaria, the police reported 20 accidents with five injuries in the afternoon. There were also traffic delays due to vehicles stuck in the snow and standing across. In the course of the evening, further impairments are to be expected, it was said in the afternoon.
The police also recorded several accidents due to slippery roads on Autobahn 9 in northern Upper Bavaria. But it was mostly body damage, said a spokesman in the afternoon. Nobody was seriously injured. “It’s been very quiet on the streets, the whole day, we’ve hardly had any accidents so far,” said a spokesman for the police headquarters in Upper Bavaria South in the afternoon. The road conditions were “better than expected” and the drivers took the warnings seriously.
Meanwhile, the German Weather Service warned of black ice in the coming days. Icy winter weather and slippery roads are to be expected, especially in the Augsburg area and near the Alps.