European Timetable Changes - 10 December 2017

[StephenHunter]

https://www.europebyrail.eu/downloads/newslines/ert-newslines-dec-2017.pdf

Quite a lot of changes there and the effective end of "Le Train Bleu".

 

[gordonthemoron]

Munich-Berlin in 4 hours

 

[gysev]

In Belgium, there are more improvements:

- Weekend trains are introduced again on the Antwerp - Puurs line - they were discontinued in 1984
- also, there will be a weekend service on the Halle - Etterbeek - Mechelen line.

 

[itfcfan]

The media was out in force at Nuremberg today, for a press launch of the new high speed line to Erfurt (and on to Berlin)!

 

[Groningen]

At 21:53 the last 2 Buffels (train 3400) will run for the last time from Groningen to Zwolle as a stoppingservice. Diesel under an electric wire!

 

[43096]

A few other interesting changes in DB land:
- connected with the new high speed line, a two-hourly Nürnberg-Sonneberg RE service goes over the high-speed line and is booked to be top'n'tailed by Railpool Vectrons (presume because they have LZB signalling that the Regio units don't);
- CD Vectrons taking over the Praha-Berlin service (initially only to Dresden, but later working through);
- Gaubahn out of Stuttgart getting an hourly IC service. As the new 147.5s aren't available yet, the service is two hourly Stuttgart-Singen (booked 146.5+double decks) and two-hourly Stuttgart-Zürich as now (but DB section is meant to go over to ÖBB Taurus locos!).

 

[AlexNL]

- connected with the new high speed line, a two-hourly Nürnberg-Sonneberg RE service goes over the high-speed line and is booked to be top'n'tailed by Railpool Vectrons (presume because they have LZB signalling that the Regio units don't);

You mean ETCS, the new line isn't equipped with LZB.

 

[Gordon]

and two-hourly Stuttgart-Zürich as now (but DB section is meant to go over to ÖBB Taurus locos!).

And in theory ÖBB Taurus locos could work throughout as they are passed for Switzerland.


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[43096]

And in theory ÖBB Taurus locos could work throughout as they are passed for Switzerland.

They’re not. Only Railjet locos 1116201-223 are equipped for Switzerland. They would need Swiss train protection systems and pantographs fitting before they could run through.

 

[Groningen]

There seems to be enourmous problems with the new line between Erfurt and Nuernburg. At this very moment ICE 801 receives a delay of 1 hour and 45 minutes and sometimes the train does not run at all. There seems to be softwareproblems. The breaks get busy without needing to.

German source Sueddeutsche Zeitung: http://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtscha...ffenbar-schon-seit-november-bekannt-1.3788368