Overview

• Deutsche Bahn shut the Hamburg–Berlin corridor on August 1 to replace 165 km of track, 250 switches, six new and 19 refurbished signal boxes and modernize 28 stations over nine months.
• Long-distance ICE and IC trains have been diverted via Stendal and Uelzen with hourly departures and about 45 minutes added to journey times.
• Regional services are largely suspended or truncated, with a comprehensive bus replacement network operational since early Friday morning.
• The Elbmed-Prignitz group in Wittenberge has deployed electric vehicles and a dedicated shuttle to Stendal to secure hospital staff commutes.
• Brandenburg’s transport minister Detlef Tabbert is monitoring substitute traffic and stands ready to adjust routes or add services to ease commuter strain.