Overview

• SWR confirmed the ‘Eisenbahn‑Romantik’ editorial team will be dissolved at the end of the year and no further episodes will be produced thereafter.
• Despite the shutdown, the broadcaster said installments currently being made are scheduled to air in 2026.
• The long‑running series began in 1991 and, according to longtime presenter Hagen von Ortloff, surpassed 1,000 episodes.
• Von Ortloff publicly appealed to SWR to keep the team and criticized the wind‑down as a relatively loveless end to a cult program.
• The show’s reports on steam and historic railways aired on SWR, other ARD third channels, and Arte, with episodes also available on YouTube and in the ARD Mediathek.