- On SZCZ network, the situation is gradually coming back to the normal activities. Bohumin Vrbice-Chalupki border point will be opened today 4th October at 16.00. Full operation of Chalupki-Bohumin is envisaged on 10 October, where also related local lines will be reopened. All Corridors lines will be fully operational as from next week. For freight trains, there will be no need for rerouting. As for international passenger trains, reopening of specific traffics are also according to RUs needs and
- For traffic to Slovakia from the Chech network, all border lines are operational.
- ÖBB-I network: criticalities remain on the West line Wien-St.Pölten. In the normal case East-/West Corridor has 5 tracks. Since September 28th it is possible to use just 2 of them. As for the Old Westline, efforts to increase capacity are ongoing, namely:
- on October 10th the Old Western line will have no longer single track sections and a new schedule will be offered, then it will be possible to use 3 of 5 tracks on the East- / West Corridor
- as from October 1st, 00:00 until Monday 14th, 24:00, on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday there is only 75 % capacity available;
- on October 14th capacity will be increased up to 100 %
- The rerouting option via Tulln and Herzogenburg is open since September 28th, with some restrictions up to October 10th.
- As for the New West Line, tunnels and train station Tullnerfeld were under water with big damages. No precise forecasts for reopening are possible at the moment.
- Impact on DB InfraGO network: DB InfraGo mentioned that with regard to situation related to transit trains parked (i.e. Germany- Austria border via Passau), the overall framework improved as from last Saturday, when additional capacity was released. Situation is coming back to normal activities.
We will keep our stakeholders informed about the further proceedings.
