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Trains between Bremen and Bremerhaven are canceled on Thursday!
Train cancellations between Bremen and Osterholz-Scharmbeck on September 25th, 2025 due to construction work. Replacement rail service set up.
Trains between Bremen and Bremerhaven are canceled on Thursday!
Commuters in Bremen will have to prepare for massive restrictions on rail traffic on Thursday, September 25th. As the Nordwestbahn announced on its homepage, the RS 2 trains between Bremen main station and Osterholz-Scharmbeck are completely canceled. This poses major challenges, especially for travelers who commute between Bremerhaven and Bremen, as they have to switch to buses that serve the en route stations as part of a rail replacement service. However, these buses run without fixed travel times, which further complicates the situation. Since the online information media do not provide reliable travel times, those affected often only have patience during the waiting times.
But that's not the only problem: the restrictions are by no means new. Also on Monday, September 22nd, there were train cancellations and disruptions on the RS 1 and RS 2 lines, as the Weser Kurier reports. The reason for this is unannounced construction work in the Bremen-Burg area and a confirmed switch malfunction, even if the Nordwestbahn has not officially confirmed this. The trains on the Bremen-Hannover route are also affected: an overhead line fault at Poggenhagen station is causing additional restrictions.
Construction work causes confusion
From October 2nd the situation will become even bleaker: a complete closure on the route between Bremerhaven and Bremen is planned in order to put a new electronic signal box into operation. During this time there will be further restrictions, including closures between Bremen-Burg and Oldenbüttel as well as Bremen-Burg and Bremen-Vegesack. In the past, the Nordwestbahn has already implemented single-track use of the line between Bremen and Bremerhaven-Lehe due to maintenance work.
As can be seen from Deutsche Bahn's BauInfoPortal, these construction measures are part of a large regional project and range from small maintenance work to large construction projects. Information about these projects can be provided through various channels, and residents can even subscribe to a free information email to stay up to date.
Commuters and travelers in Bremen are therefore well advised to find out about current developments online before their trip and to consider alternative transport options. The nervousness is noticeable for many, and given the extensive construction work and the associated uncertainties, it remains to be seen how rail traffic will develop in the coming weeks.
So anyone who thinks that rail transport in and around Bremen would be an easy undertaking is currently faced with a lot of change. Whether through buses or trains – it will be exciting to see how the transport companies will overcome the challenges.