Snow and ice have caused chaos on the roads and railways in southern Bavaria. Numerous railway lines around the state capital Munich had to be closed on Saturday night, as Deutsche Bahn (DB) announced. Train traffic to and from Munich main station was initially suspended. In Ulm and Munich, passengers had to spend the night on trains. Subways, buses and trams also initially stopped running in the Bavarian capital. There were numerous accidents on the roads in Bavaria – most of which resulted in property damage. According to the German Weather Service, the weather will initially remain wintry. Snowfall, sometimes heavy, is expected in the south until the afternoon.
Between Munich-Pasing and Fürstenfeldbruck, between Tutzing (Starnberg district) and Weilheim in Upper Bavaria and between Neukirchen and Vilseck (both Amberg-Sulzbach district), trains had to stop at the stations because of fallen trees. It was said that rail replacement services could not be offered due to the weather-related situation on the roads. Delays and train cancellations must be expected.
As a dpa reporter reported, a train coming from Stuttgart had to be converted into a hotel train at Ulm main station in the early hours of the morning. The railway also provided a train for stranded passengers at Munich Central Station. According to a railway spokeswoman, it was initially unclear how many trains had to cancel their journeys for the time being.
The police in the Free State reported numerous minor accidents on the roads. In Upper Bavaria, Lower Bavaria, Middle Franconia and Swabia, however, there were mainly sheet metal damage and minor injuries. In Swabia in particular, smaller roads initially had to be closed due to fallen trees. A truck overturned on Autobahn 8 near Weyarn in the Miesbach district for reasons that are still unclear. A lockdown has been put in place.