Overview

• Christoph Heuing calls current weekend overcrowding on regional trains into the Berlin-Brandenburg suburbs unacceptable and promises targeted relief.
• The VBB is evaluating the addition of a third supplemental morning train toward the Baltic Sea to address surging passenger loads.
• Officials are coordinating with Mecklenburg-Vorpommern to implement a bi-hourly RE3 direct service and a new RE30 via Angermünde starting in December.
• Heuing warns that existing infrastructure cannot accommodate further trains until the region’s multi-year i2030 upgrades deliver extra capacity.
• Cyclists are urged to refrain from bringing bikes on busy weekend services so that wheelchairs and strollers can be accommodated.