As of: 02/18/2022 4:16 p.m
Hurricane low “Zeynep” could hit Germany with even stronger gusts than “Ylenia”. Deutsche Bahn has suspended all passenger services in the northern half of Germany and parts of NRW.
Due to the approaching hurricane “Zeynep”, Deutsche Bahn has stopped its long-distance and regional traffic in the northern half of Germany and in parts of North Rhine-Westphalia. According to Bahn, Schleswig-Holstein, Lower Saxony, Hamburg, Bremen, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and parts of North Rhine-Westphalia are affected.
Severe impairments in long-distance traffic
In long-distance traffic, there will initially be no more trains north of Dortmund, Hanover and Berlin until the end of the day. According to the information, ICE and IC traffic has also been suspended on the east-west route between Cologne via Hanover and Berlin. Also on the route between Berlin via Frankfurt am Main to Amsterdam there will be no more ICE or IC trains for the whole of Friday.
Tickets can be canceled free of charge
The spokesman spoke of “serious” severe weather warnings. The stop was made for safety reasons based on experience with previous comparable extreme weather conditions. It is better to hold trains in the stations than to risk emergency stops on open routes. Stranded passengers could be looked after much worse there.
Deutsche Bahn advised all customers to postpone their journeys entirely. If this is not possible, passengers should definitely keep themselves informed about the current storm and traffic events, said the spokesman. the timetable information will be constantly updated.
Passengers can redeem their tickets booked for the period from Thursday to Sunday until February 27th Use flexibly or cancel free of chargeif they postpone trips because of the storm.
Wind speeds of up to 160 km/h
The focus of the hurricane “Zeynep” is from the afternoon to Saturday morning in the northern half and the middle of Germany, predict the meteorologists of the German Weather Service (DWD). Parts of the states of Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Bremen, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Brandenburg, Berlin, North Rhine-Westphalia, Hesse, Thuringia and Saxony are affected.
Accordingly, wind speeds of up to 160 kilometers per hour are expected on the North Sea coast. In the second half of the night, “Zeynep” hits the coast of the Baltic Sea, and then gradually fades away. “This means that the risk of severe weather has been banned for the time being,” said a DWD meteorologist. Nevertheless, according to the DWD, it will remain stormy in Germany at least until Monday.