Because drivers are missing, falling out for weeks on various routes in Bavaria, trains. Now the state legislature wants to increase the pressure on the railway companies.
Munich – It is just before 7 p.m., Tunaham Gümüs sitting on the Express bus from Eichstätt to Ingolstadt. Actually, of the 16 drives a-Year-old with the rail to the upper vocational school. "But I've given up trying to travel," he says. "Because the is so unreliable, we drive with the Bus," says his 17-year-old classmate Nikola Capin. Since the 10. July, no trains of the Bayerische regiobahn (BRB) has reached the centre of Eichstätt, where the two live. The Reason: A Train Driver Shortage.
special layers for BRB-employees due to lack of staff
The lack of personnel we have been able to absorb in the weeks before, this is the only way, "that employees with enormous commitment, and Overtime and special shifts are filled," says a spokesman for the BRB. That now clenched Connections fail, to cases of sickness, vacation time, and the departure of lend-drivers. And not in the BRB, only the route from Eichstätt to Ingolstadt. Between Weilheim and Schongau headmaster complained a few days ago, that their students were constantly late for class. Meanwhile, a separate Schülerbus to bridge the last days of school.
+ Numerous cancellations is also available on the BRB-route between Augsburg and Schongau. ©Archive/FknWith the driver issue, the BRB does not fall solely under private railway companies in Bavaria: In the case of "agilis" in Swiss francs due to engineer lack of trains. The countries rail restricts the traffic on several routes, especially in the upper Palatinate strong, including at the Alex-North train from Munich to Regensburg.
in view of the continuing problems has addressed yesterday the Parliament with the cancellations. Thorsten Schwab of the CSU, stressed that the current Situation was "a disaster for commuters and students" and thus not portable. In contrast to the Green he sees the Problem but in the case of the tenders and the bids for private providers. "It is up to the staff shortage. And this is a Germany wide Problem.“
Minister of transport Hans Reichhart (CSU) also spoke of a "huge Nuisance". "We are trying to solve the problem, but this will be a longer distance." The Parliament adopted a resolution, in which the state government is encouraged to make rail companies more responsibility and possible penalties to the full.
Short distances of private railway companies for train driver unattractive
The BEG, as the Supervisory authority and the BRB also refer to the fact that the driver shortage is a nationwide Problem. "The driver has been for several years a so-called bottleneck profession", the Association of German transport companies. Until a position can be occupied, would employers look for in a cut for half a year.
Just shorter distances than locations not attractive, says Uwe Böhm, district Chairman of the Union of German train drivers in Bavaria. "Although there are colleagues that are happy, if you must always drive the same ten kilometers – but not for 30 years." Through the privatisation of the railway companies and the different vehicle types, the areas of use for drivers in urban transport have become smaller and smaller.
Deutsche Bahn is seeking new employee
Deutsche Bahn is currently additional Offered to new employees. So 74 apartments, which can give the train then 15 years, exclusive to your employees incur in Munich, currently in cooperation with a cooperative. In addition, the railway has been identified in the state capital of 23 plots of land, which would, in principle, constructible. However, the state-owned companies engaged solely in the Bavarian capital by 11 000 people.
Tunahan Gümüs and Nikola Capin on the Express bus to Ingolstadt are certainly frustrated. Deutsche Bahn have already a good reputation, says Gümüs, just before you get off. "But the BRB is even worse." Even if, after the summer holidays to go back to driving trains to the Eichstätter centre, want to use the young people to the Bus. "The is just much, much more reliable," says Capin.
Frederick Mersi and Dominik Göttler
Bus instead of BOB: Ironically, in the two weeks before the summer holidays, the DB is working on two Soft. The route Schaftlach-Lenggries is blocked therefore.
Date Of Update: 19 July 2019, 12:00
