The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected in Berlin today – for passengers This means a lot of cancellations in the city center on the S-Bahn. Police measures are being taken there in particular, a police spokesman said this morning. The police are preparing with extensive security precautions.
Especially on the light rail Between Zoo and Ostbahnhof the traffic will be significantly thinned out from the morning onwards, as the railway announced. As a spokesman for the S-Bahn said, the S9 should run at the usual frequency, but the S7 only runs every 20 minutes instead of every 10 minutes as usual. The S5 only runs between Warschauer Straße and Strausberg Nord or Hoppegarten. The Ringbahn also runs less frequently, and fewer trains run on the north-south lines in the city center.
“During previous state visits, central sections of the route in central Berlin were closed at very short notice, sometimes lasting several hours, and driving was ordered at significantly reduced speeds,” it said. The S-Bahn is planning for this. Therefore this will be Reduced train service in the city center area, said the speaker.
Further restrictions are possible at short notice on the orders of the authorities, it said. Deutsche Bahn’s long-distance transport and regional transport will also be affected. For example, ICE trains between Berlin, Hanover and the Rhineland/Ruhr area will be rerouted; the Berlin Hauptbahnhof and Berlin-Spandau stops will no longer be available. The disruption is expected to last until the evening hours, it said.
Zelensky will be received at midday by Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. The Ukrainian head of state was last in Berlin in June. The S-Bahn line runs exactly alongside Bellevue Palace, the seat of the Federal President.
No major outages were announced on the subway. The U5 subway line will not stop at the Bundestag subway station until further notice, as the traffic information center VIZ announced. She quit but major closures and restrictions on the roads to. There could be “massive traffic restrictions in the Berlin-Brandenburg airport area, on the A113 and A100 city highways and in Berlin city center,” especially when arriving in the morning and departing at a time that is not yet known.
Considerable There are also closures in the area of the Brandenburg Gate, Bellevue Palace and the government district to be expected. “Due to the level of danger, more precise information is not available.” Drivers should avoid the areas and avoid them as far as possible. The buses could also be stuck in traffic.
