Stuttgart (dpa / lsw) - According to an analysis by member of the Bundestag Matthias Gastel, train traffic on the Gäubahn has already been affected by numerous failures this year. On 19.5 percent of the days this year, the Gäubahn was interrupted by construction sites, said the Greens representative for the Nürtingen constituency on Tuesday. Südwestrundfunk had previously reported.
If you add closures that only affect off-peak locations, there were even construction-related restrictions on every fourth day. So far, around 4,300 train journeys have been affected. According to Gastel, track availability of 75 to 80 percent is far too low to be able to offer reliable rail transport. At the same time, he called for construction sites to be bundled much more closely. "This means that more work has to be done during a closure instead of setting up a separate construction site with corresponding closures for each measure."
The route of the Gäubahn runs from Stuttgart via Horb to Singen.
