Overview

• Deutsche Bahn and VBB confirmed 14 December for the Dresdner Bahn launch, cutting the FEX trip between Berlin Hauptbahnhof and BER to 23 minutes with quarter‑hourly service and adding a new RE20 via the airport.
• From 24 September to 14 December, the Anhalter Bahn closes between Südkreuz and Niedergörsdorf to renew 60 kilometers of track and ten switches and tie in new signaling, with ICE diversions and S2 buses from 25 August to 22 September for Blankenfelde station work.
• An Autoreisezug derailed during shunting at Munich Südbahnhof; all 150 passengers were unhurt, damage is estimated at about €90,000, and the Bundespolizei is investigating suspected endangerment of rail traffic.
• Berlin police reported a two‑year‑old died after being hit on a zebra crossing in Lichtenberg, and an 84‑year‑old driver is under investigation for negligent homicide and related offenses.
• Local pressures and enforcement intensified as Ulm’s mayor objected to a four‑week January rail shutdown overlapping a B10 lane closure with DB promising replacement‑service details in October, Rosenheim police checked 258 vehicles under weekend Durchfahrtverbote, Kronach logged a crane‑induced overhead‑line short that cut power, and an A95 truck blackout led to probes for endangering traffic and hit‑and‑run.