Large railway disorders in February: Metronom uses buses!

Travelers in the regional train between Lüneburg and Hamburg have to expect significant restrictions on train traffic in February. The metronome railway company has announced that trains are partially replaced by buses between the 7th and 13th February. The reason for this measure is construction site work that is carried out on the course.

The main affected is the RB 31 line, which holds at all the train stations on the go. In addition, the trains of the RE 3 will only temporarily drive to Hamburg-Harburg. In order to avoid inconvenience, Metronom recommends that travelers inform themselves online or by phone about the current timetables and to plan additional time for the trips. Even in January there were already delays and failures on the metronome lines Re4 and RB41, such as ndr.de reported.

Details on the construction work

The construction work between Winsen and Lüneburg has been announced for the period from 7 to 13 February 2025. During this time there will be partial failures in both directions. A rail replacement traffic is set up on the affected sections of the route. The corresponding travel times of the replacement buses can be viewed on the metronome website.

In addition, there are further restrictions on line RE3 (Uelzen ↔ Hamburg) between February 10th and 12th. Trains from Lüneburg towards Hamburg Hauptbahnhof are temporarily affected with delays of up to 25 minutes. The trains from Hamburg-Harburg to Hamburg Central Station are also completely canceled during this period. For the nights from February 5th to 7th

travelers are urgently asked to take into account the changed travel times and the rail replacement traffic. A comprehensive source of information about the timetable information provides the timetable app and the homepage of Metronom. Further details on the construction sites and the associated timetable deviations can also be found on der-metronum.de are read.