Topic: Rhine valley railway

Landslide in the Rhine valley, image: SWR

Rhine Valley rail traffic partially resumes on 2 May

Following one and a half month of disruption, rail freight traffic through the Middle Rhine Valley will start getting back to normal, beginning on 2 May. The infrastructure manager DB Netze announced that after weeks...Read more

23-04-2021|Comment|author: Esther Geerts

Rhine Valley closure reaches the European Union

Following a month of disruptions in the Rhine Valley after the rockslide on 15 March, railway undertakings decided to raise the matter on a European Union and enforce the German Railway Regulation Act. The Network...Read more

14-04-2021|Comment|author: Esther Geerts

Landslide blocks German Rhine Valley: are freight trains to blame?

A landslide at the Middle Rhine Valley near Kestert in Germany has blocked the underlying railway, with no traffic possible the entire week. On Monday 15 March, 5,000 cubic metres of stones and rubble came...Read more

18-03-2021|Comment|author: Esther Geerts