From December 1st to the 21st, construction work on the railways around Stuttgart will cause train cancellations, diversions and delays.
Beyond the railway traffic within the city itself, disruptions here will affect travellers on some connections throughout southern Germany.
According to Deutsche Bahn (DB), work is underway east of Stuttgart, which has an impact on long-distance traffic in the direction of Munich. All of the high-speed ICE and IC trains running in this direction will be cancelled during the construction works.
Instead, there will be an hourly direct service linking the two southern state capitals, which will take about ten minutes longer.
ICE trains redirected
Some long-distance ICE trains to Munich will be diverted past Stuttgart and stop in Esslingen instead.
Passengers who want to travel to Stuttgart itself will have to change to regional trains or the S-Bahn. Travel in the opposite direction is not affected.
According to DB, the line between Bad Cannstatt and Fellbach, northeast of Stuttgart, will also be closed. Regional (RE) and long-distance trains, along with the S-Bahn, will run on the route in the direction of Nuremberg.
The IC from Stuttgart to Nuremberg will be completely cancelled during the three weeks. Passengers on this connection will have to navigate with regional trains that will continue running, but on a limited timetable.
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Digital tech installed ahead of Stuttgart 21
As part of Stuttgart 21, Stuttgart's main station is set to be the first in Germany to be completely digitised.
Long-distance and regional trains as well as S-Bahn trains will then run with the digital train control system ETCS. Traditional light signals will no longer be installed at Stuttgart Haupbahnhof.
However, the work is more complicated than expected. Problems with digitisation are one reason why DB recently postponed the commissioning of Stuttgart 21 indefinitely.
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With reporting by dpa.
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