The federal government has decided against the introduction of the so-called 3G rule in trains.
The Ministry of Transport announced on Friday that it had been examined within the federal government whether and how 3G could be made mandatory on trains – that means a ride only for vaccinated, convalescent or negatively tested people with appropriate evidence. It also said: “The departments involved have unanimously determined that this requirement is neither legally possible nor practicable.”
In other words, there is no legal basis for 3G in trains.
In addition, the control effort would not justify the benefit.
Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) was one of the advocates of a 3G regulation in long-distance rail transport during the discussions over the past few weeks.
Your spokesman Steffen Seibert referred on Friday to a current “stabilization of the corona numbers at a slightly lower level”. Against this background, the federal government is “currently not pursuing the introduction of 3G in long-distance trains”.
However, if the pandemic situation worsened significantly in autumn or winter, “it would of course be the responsibility of the federal government” to re-examine further measures, added Seibert. This applies regardless of whether the federal government is still in office or a new one.