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Railway chaos in northern Germany: fire and bombs cause delays!
Restrictions on rail traffic in northern Germany on July 1, 2025 due to embankment fires and bomb defusal. Delays and rebookings possible.
Railway chaos in northern Germany: fire and bombs cause delays!
In northern Germany, a combination of embankment fires, overhead line disruptions and a bomb defusal in Osnabrück is currently causing massive restrictions on rail traffic. Deutsche Bahn has already responded to the serious disruptions today, July 1, 2025, and expects train diversions and delays to be expected until the end of the day. The affected routes include in particular Hamburg-Berlin and Hanover-Berlin, such as The time reported.
Current reports from Berlin show that the restrictions on long-distance passenger transport will last until the end of operating hours late in the evening. The cause is not only the embankment fires in Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt, but also the bomb defusal near the Osnabrück main train station. This situation has proven to be extremely challenging for many travelers, as connections to the Ruhr area and Hanover are also severely affected. Loud regionalheute.de Delays in long-distance transport cannot be avoided.
Dealing with the changes
Deutsche Bahn reacted quickly and canceled the train connection for tickets that were purchased for today. Travelers can therefore have their tickets rewritten to a later date without incurring additional costs. Even if the route changes, the ticket remains valid for the journey to the originally selected destination. Passengers also have the option of canceling their seat reservations free of charge.
It was also pointed out that the current tariff and statutory passenger rights remain in effect. If you are unsure, you should check the travel connections in Deutsche Bahn's digital information media.
Climate and its effects
Of particular concern are the causes of embankment fires, which have been exacerbated by increasing heat and drought in recent years. Since the 1950s, the number of hot days in Germany has tripled to an average of 11.5 per year. Forecasts for the period from 2071 to 2100 even show that without measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, up to 35 hot days per year could be possible in Berlin. Compliance with the Paris climate goals could, however, limit hot days to 10 to 16 per year. Such developments make it clear that climate change also has a direct impact on the everyday lives of citizens - and also on the smooth functioning of our transport network.