Overview
- Deutsche Bahn now expects limited long‑distance services in the northern half to resume from midday, starting on Berlin–Hannover–Ruhr links, with many routes still suspended including Hamburg–Copenhagen, Amsterdam–Hannover and Rostock/Binz–Berlin.
- Regional networks remain patchy: buses in Hannover are halted, Bremen’s trams face interruptions, and frozen switches have largely stopped traffic through Leipzig Hauptbahnhof as inspection runs and switch crews work to clear lines.
- The DWD shifts the main snowfall belt south, forecasting 10–30 centimeters widely and up to 50 centimeters in Black Forest and Oberallgäu highlands, with severe gusts on peaks and deep overnight frost in the north.
- Coastal impacts ease after elevated Baltic water levels, with the BSH citing about 1.33 meters above normal in Flensburg; ferry services to islands and on Rostock–Gedser restart only partially with lingering cancellations.
- Police report numerous weather‑related operations and mostly minor‑injury crashes in the northwest, and events face disruptions including the Bundesliga match Werder Bremen vs. Hoffenheim being called off for safety reasons.