Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing has spoken out in favor of renovating the Hamburg – Hanover route and against any new construction along the A7 motorway in the near future. “The upcoming general renovation of the Hamburg – Hanover route offers a unique opportunity to significantly increase the performance of the route and the junctions in Lüneburg and Uelzen,” said the FDP politician to the German Press Agency. “We have dealt with this “Lower Saxony’s Transport Minister Olaf Lies and DB board member Berthold Huber agreed to postpone the general renovation from 2026 to 2029 in order to be able to implement as much of the concept of the “optimized Alpha-E” as possible in an extended general renovation in the short term,” explained Wissing further . The rail transport project is about expanding various routes. At the same time, working groups are working with the region to develop solutions for the long-term capacity requirements between Hamburg and Hanover. “The basis for this will be the 2040 traffic forecast that is currently being developed,” explained Wissing. In this way, the Bundestag’s mandate to expand the route in line with the German rhythm and at the same time take the interests of the region into account is being achieved.
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Lies advocates expansion project The Germany clock means a denser, more regular schedule of rail connections: the trains should run to large urban centers and cities every 30 minutes. It is also about better coordination of long-distance transport with regional connections. Most recently, at the end of June, Deutsche Bahn’s tender for the spatial impact assessment for the new variant of the railway line on the A7 caused a stir. The critical project advisory board Alpha-E then called on the Federal Ministry of Transport to intervene immediately and prevent further waste of tax money. Lies (SPD) was also irritated that a new building would be unrealistic and that the state was in favor of expanding the railways. More on the topic He advocated using the existing funds specifically for the realistic Alpha-E expansion project. This would bring us closer to the goal of more capacity in the Hamburg, Hanover, Bremen triangle within an acceptable and foreseeable time horizon. As part of the so-called Alpha-E expansion, an expansion of at least three tracks and – where there is enough space available – four-track expansion would now be quickly created. From Friday onwards, passengers will have to deal with another major construction site: Berlin-Hamburg, one of the busiest routes nationwide closed until mid-December. There are significant restrictions on long-distance and regional transport. Until Tuesday, the Cologne – Frankfurt railway line had also been closed for four weeks due to construction work. Deutsche Bahn completed the work as planned. “Train traffic has been running again since early morning,” said a railway spokesman.
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