Dear Customers,

The closure in the Elbe Valley, which currently takes place only during the day (13 – 16 November 2025, 08:50 – 18:50), is nevertheless significantly complicating the situation on our services to and from Hamburg, Bremerhaven, Wilhelmshaven, Rotterdam, and Duisburg.
 
In combination with the closure of the main German corridor on the Berlin–Hamburg section, it is significantly restricting the operation of our regular trains and causing delays of 36 – 48 hours.

In addition to the above, another closure will take place today in Dresden from 21:00 to 04:00.
 
At this moment, the Hamburg port terminals are showing only delays of a few hours, but the major backlog from the past few days, together with the other mentioned factors, has had a negative impact on the smooth circulation of train sets and staff.
 
Within the limits of what is possible, we are doing our best to stabilise the situation and to secure the missing capacities where needed.
 
For any questions regarding your specific shipments, please contact our customer service.
 
Thank you for your cooperation.

METRANS Team