Overview
- Works and staff councils representing about 1,600 island employees issued an open letter calling the Marschbahn situation a local transport disaster and asking Minister-President Daniel Günther to step in.
- Commuters report frequent cancellations that leave remaining trains so overcrowded that stations cannot board additional passengers.
- The letter describes major time losses for families and missed handovers for hospital and eldercare staff, which force colleagues to work additional hours.
- Deutsche Bahn acknowledges a recent increase in delays and some cancellations and cites varied causes including track intrusions, switch and signal faults, a Stellwerk cable damage near Husum, and a Sylt Shuttle incident.
- DB says it is working to improve the speed and reliability of disruption alerts after complaints about late app updates and notes prior investments in the route’s infrastructure.