Despite the improved earnings situation, Bavaria's Finance Minister Füracker expects that the further development of the state-owned companies will be subject to risks, for example with regard to energy prices.State-owned companies and companies in which the Free State of Bavaria has a stake are on the up again after the setback in the Corona crisis. The effects of the "two very, very difficult years" have not yet been completely overcome, said Finance Minister Albert Füracker (CSU) on Wednesday in the...
A man rode a six-kilometer route on the outside of a regional train in the Garmisch-Partenkirchen district and put his life in danger. As the federal police announced on Monday, witnesses noticed the 28-year-old on Saturday between Eschenlohe and Oberau. The route was closed to rail operations.A police patrol checked the man in Oberau. He said he stood on the outside steps of the car and held on to the door because he still wanted to ride, but the train...
The bridge has to go, at least that much is clear now. The rather dilapidated overpass of state road 2363 over the A 93 with its peeling blue railings, which has been connecting the two Upper Bavarian communities of Raubling and Brannenburg since the late 1950s, is allowed to remain standing for a while. Instead, the fresh gray steel lattice construction right next to it has to go, which has been spanning the autobahn for almost a year, but still...
After the train accident in Peiting, Upper Bavaria, three weeks ago, the route will remain closed until carnival. The construction work on the tracks between Peißenberg and Schongau is expected to last until February 19, as the Bayerische Regiobahn (BRB) announced on Monday. On Shrove Monday, trains are to run again according to the regular timetable.After the carnival holidays, there will also be the usual train connections for the schoolchildren again, explained the BRB, which runs the route. DB Netz...
Christian Bernreiter continues to criticize that the train ticket should work purely digitally. But with a Bavarian special route, passengers in other federal states could become fare dodgers.Bavaria excludes going it alone with the 49-euro ticket. Transport Minister Christian Bernreiter (CSU) reiterated his criticism of the plans of Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP), who calls for an exclusively digital solution. "But there cannot be a Bavarian special route, because otherwise the passengers might not be able to use their...
Light snowfall, drizzle or freezing rain have led to slippery roads in many parts of Bavaria - with sometimes bad consequences. And the German Weather Service continues to warn of dangerous weather. Mirror-smooth roads have led to accidents in parts of Bavaria. It crashed particularly often in Lower and Upper Bavaria, where icy conditions in the Landsberg am Lech area, for example, led to six accidents within just fifteen minutes on Autobahn 96 alone. A first responder was critically injured...
The cabinet removes hurdles in the expansion of mobile communications, and certain masts should be able to be erected in the future without permission. Economics Minister Aiwanger reprimands the network operators that the "cosy course" is over.from John OselIn order to accelerate the expansion of mobile communications, the state government is removing hurdles in the Bavarian building code. In a pact for digital infrastructure, the Free State, mobile phone operators and municipal umbrella organizations had already agreed on measures last...
A few days ago, a burning locomotive rolled towards the city of Freilassing without a driver. The sensational incident was not the first of its kind involving vehicles of this series. source site
The snow is back in the Free State and led to more than 100 accidents on the roads over the weekend. In the mountains, the risk of avalanches increased due to the fresh snow. At the beginning of the week, according to the forecast of the DWD meteorologists, it will remain largely dry, but there could be snow grains locally. Caution is therefore still required on the roads.The police headquarters recorded the majority of weather-related traffic accidents on Saturday night....
Winter has returned to Bavaria in some places: In Würzburg, there were massive delays and cancellations in bus services on Wednesday morning, as reported by the Würzburger Verkehrs- und Versorgungs-GmbH (WVV). "The buses only run occasionally. There is so much snow that it is impossible to get through," said a WVV spokeswoman in the morning.Two buses slipped into a ditch in Würzburg. One of the vehicles was then so unfavorable that the doors could no longer be opened. "The approximately...
